The local passenger with 10 coaches, sleepers and diner restarts from Yamenmiao and quickly accelerates to the 80 km/h track speed. This must surely be the last steam-hauled main-line passenger s... (more)

Knowing glances are exchanged between hogger and photographer.

The wind has already blown away all the snow from the east side of Jingpeng pass, and is doing a fine job of clearing the exhaust as this pair of QJ's labour towards the summit.

A pair of QJ's on an uphill train is cleared by the lower quadrant semaphores to hold the main through Xiakengzi station; the locals get on with their threshing in somewhat unsanitary conditions!

An everyday scene at Jingpeng Pass, soon to be lost forever as the diesels make their inevitable march forward.

Just a few feet short of the Crowsnest summit.

Ex-Osaka tram built 1921 operates on the High Level Bridge route connecting downtown Edmonton with the Strathcona district.

Narrow gauge C-4 class 0-8-0 wheezes up Pinglin bank with a maximum load train on China's last steam logger. Final abandonment was just six weeks away.

Vintage railcar on a special at Arbaroba, Eritrea. The roof is double skinned to provide a measure of protection against the tropical sun.

Massawa's port is located on two islands in the Red Sea, linked to the mainland by this combined road/rail causeway.

Ancient and just plain old forms of transport meet in Nefasit, Eritrea

Two QJ's restart a loaded train from Fuxincheng. This line, built only in 1999 but 100% steam operated, was being electrified in 2004 with the juice due to be turned on early in 2005.

A pair of QJ's drifts into Fuxincheng with a standard train of 21 loads. The river is frozen solid but with afternoon temperatures well above freezing, spring is near at hand.

This 1988-built diesel, ex China Rail, waits for its next assignment to haul a Jitong Railway freight, a train that the year before would have been steam hauled. Taken on RR property with permiss... (more)