In the early morning, SY1772 and SY1770 are heading together in the morning sun to Diaobingshan Station, where they will be connected to the YZ22 and YZ1 compartments to prepare for the day's sigh... (more)

The fireman of SY1319 heats up the pipes and pumps after a very cold night when he takes over his machine for the next shift. See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/Wedding1... (more)

High above the city of Fuxin, SY1319 unloads the dump and ash from the coal mining and power plant activities. On a windy day, the ash would fly up in the air and rain down on the city some time l... (more)

The loaded spoil and ash trains are being pushed to the dump hill of the Fuxin mining corporation. See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/Wedding13347

The loaded spoil and ash trains are being pushed to the dump hill - a long and grueling gradient for the steam locomotive to fight against. SY1319, built in 1984 (!), has just entered the long uph... (more)

The loaded spoil and ash trains are being pushed to the dump hill - a long and grueling gradient for the steam locomotive to fight against. The shunter and other staff ride on the first hopper, ob... (more)

After sunset, SY1319 trundles down from Fuxin´s ash hill towards the power plants to get its hoppers filled with ash again See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/Wedding133... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for a lot of private lines was the once ubiqious SY class. They were used for all kind of duties on the Fuxin Coal Mining Railway. See more of my pictures ... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for a lot of private lines was the once ubiqious SY class. Here seen on the famous dump hill high about Fuxin town where all the ashes and dust from the co... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for a lot of private lines was the once ubiqious SY class. And when you already have a totally polluted workplace, why not adding some more dirt to it? See... (more)

SY1293, one of a sizeable fleet of these 2-8-2s based at Baotou steel works is seen in the murky atmosphere of the works at a small loco servicing point in 2001.

A retired Shangyou steam locomotive parked in an art district. This locomotive road number is SY0751.And her previous number is SY0309.

SY 2-8-2 No 1102 shunts the yard at Shuangyashan in 2002.

The steam locomotive was prepared in the locomotive depot, ready to shoot a documentary

The fantastic sight, and sound, of 3 steam locos lifting a train up the steeply graded line to Chengde steel works. SY 0872 heads the train with another SY and a JS pushing from behind.