Just before 11:30 SY1225 has finished its duties for the day on the WuJiu Coal mining railway. With temperatures down to -20 the locomotive retires to the comparative warmth of the shed to join th... (more)
A decision on the future of steam at Sandaoling will be taken during March 2017. However until then it is business as usual and coal must continue to be hauled out of the open cast pit. Following ... (more)
Trains from the deep mines at Lijing and Erjing can run up to several times each day. JS8366 is rolling down the grade from Erjing to Nanzhan with a loaded coal train on 17th Feburary 2017, the Ti... (more)
It is still possible to find real steam at work in 2017. Just.
JS 8081 powers away from the new unloading point at Jianmeixian on the Sandaoling Mining Railway in Xinjiang province in North West... (more)
F40 PH Locos 3102 and 3103 haul the mornings final Altamont Commuter Express across the Alviso Slough in almost perfect conditions as they head towards journeys end at the San Jose Diridon Transit... (more)