1979 built Hitachi 771 heads the mixed, 1200 Badulla to Kandy through tea plantations at Haputale. Henschel 791 is dead, behind the lead loco.

Seen from the observation saloon on rear of the 0555 Colombo to Badulla near Nanu Oya. A track gang hitch a ride on a passenger train. This seems a very dangerous way to travel!

A track gang takes a tea break next to a derailed wagon near Haputale. We spent 4 days around here with no sunshine!

M5 771 Passes Beruwela with a Colombo to Matara express .

M9 872 waits to depart from Alutgama with the 10.00 departure from Colombo to Matara .

758 is seen with the 13.15pm Alutgama to Galle, these very old looking units were only imported in 1977,this particular unit was in a very poor condition with a big corrosion problem, probably so... (more)

785 is seen arriving at Alutgama station with the 08.34am to Matara, this train had started its Journey in Colombo.

751 is seen departing Alutgama station with the 11.55am to Matara, this train had started its Journey from Vavunia in the north of Sri Lanka

Still stored at the running shed, having finished its working life in 1983 ! Built in 1953 in Loughborough in the UK, one of 25 imported into Sri Lanka

594 is seen working south of Ragama station with the 16.25pm to Colombo, The people on the track are the local track gang, trying to get some much needed ballast under some new sleepers.

789 looking very clean,is seen departing the station with the 12.35pm to Badulla, running some 90 late, although this is not considered very late here !

Still doing a great job after many years in service, and still looking pretty good,having been imported into Sri Lanka in 1966, This is the only M2d running at the moment, the other one is in the... (more)

Built in England by Robert Stephenson in 1944, 340 is seen leaving the shed at Dematagoda, the locomotive is now rarely steamed, athough today it worked an evening special from Colombo Fort Stati... (more)

A sentinel narrow gauge (2'6") railcar pauses at Homagama en-route to the capital Columbo. As far as I know this is the only operational Sentinel steam railcar in the world