Tools sit at the ready in the Jichangzhan Workshop. Breaktime clears the shop out of any workers and the building falls silent.
The only people I saw use this dirt road were the coal thieves on mopeds, their sack loaded full to the top. They would head back to town and sell the coal for heat and to cook. I will never forge... (more)
There was nothing better than being alone standing in the freezing cold dawn hours at Dongbolizhan Station. Watching the light change, listing to the steam trains off in the distance working their... (more)
Dwarf style signal stands guard over the Nanzhan coal sorting yard.
Pulling out onto the mainline at Kengkongzhan junction and on down to the mine to fill their tender with coal.
The fireman enjoys his breakfast dumpling that he just finished cooking on top of the boiler.
The rear signal car worker leans out as one of the side dump cars dumps out its load of coal at Xuanmeichang Washery.
Tons of steel pounds past as the fireman looks on.
An industrial backdrop made up of buildings for the deep mines at Beiquan Erjing.
One of the remaining coal heated stove cars once used to transport workers down to the open cast mine from Dongbolizhan Station now sits on the deadline amongst tons of scrap at Jichangzhan.
Workers repair a broken hose between the locomotive and tender during the Chinese New Year. Much of the country is off from work but the railroad never sleeps. A worker pounds the hose on with a v... (more)
Early dawn is very still at Dongbolizhan Station.
Everything freezes in the sub zero temps as workers work all morning to get everything thawed out using large flames.
Loads of coal head towards the Xuanmeichang Washery.