2TE10M-2559 is seen at an iron ore mine north of Krivy Rih in 2006.

SY (left) and QJ (unusually without smoke deflectors) locos are prepared for duty at Pingdingshan in 2003.

I took an hour away from photographing the steam locos on the steelworks line to visit Chengde diesel loco shed in January 2001. Locos from classes DF4, DF5 (orange) and BJ (far right) are present... (more)

UP 3075 leads an eastbound through Truckee in September 1998.

Not the prettiest of locos! Bo Bo Bo No 626 386 stands at Germagnano in 1996. At this time, private operator SATTI had several of these ancient locos for passenger trains from Turin.

Loco 1970, built in Montreal in 1979, leaves Pampilhosa with a passenger train in 1993.

1965 built GE No 33030 is at work at Rustenburg platinum mines in 1996. We visited to see their steam locos but were told that the last one was retired that very morning!

2-10-2, QJ 2614 heads an engineering train at Jingdezhen in 1993. The temporary huts were being used by track workers

Plenty of F units at Montreal Vendome in 1992. 1304 passes with a passenger train bound for Windsor station. 3 sister locos wait to follow with empties to form evening rush hour services.

Amtrak FL9 No 488 passes Peekskill with the New York bound Lake Shore Limited, which left Chicago at 1825 on the previous evening. Does this loco still exist?

A good mix of power is displayed at the Ulster folk and transport museum, at Cultra, near Belfast. The nearest loco is Belfast and County Down Railway No 30, a 4-4-2 tank built by Beyer Peacock i... (more)

The Goose is a 2 feet gauge railcar, based on similar machines from Rio Grande Southern RR. It was built in 2015 by the Statfold Barn Railway, and operates there.

Parallel running on the Statfold Barn Railway, near Tamworth. 2 feet gauge Hunslet 0-4-2ST, Howard, built in 1936, is seen from the upper deck of an open-top tram |(streetcar).

A confused local tries to work out what I am photographing. He kept looking beyond the train for something more interesting! 2-8-2, JS 8226 passes on it`s way to Gucheng.

Plenty of parcel traffic in evidence at Lanzhou. SS7c-0044 has just arrived with a passenger train in 2005.