The train K2905 is leaving Xuancheng Railway Station.

JS 2-8-2 No 8338 was one of 8 steam locos being prepared for their day`s duties at Pingdingshan in November 2003. They all departed within 25 minutes of each other. Not bad for the 21st century! ... (more)

On an ordinary afternoon, the Guangzhoun Locomotive depot was resting four DF4Bs.

Narrow gauge C2 0-8-0 No 31 arrives in Weihe with a passenger train from Luishan in March 2002. I remember a heated argument was going on between the people in the foreground.

On a very cold and windy day (note the exhaust), a pair of QJ 2-10-2 locos climb over brickworks viaduct on the famous Jingpeng line in 2003.

East German built, BoBo electric loco, No 7342 stirs the dust as it climbs out of the massive open-cast pit at Pingzhang in 2002. Note another similar train, top left of photo.

It takes 3 locos to move just 11 wagons up the very steeply graded Chengde steelworks line. JS 5723 leads, with 2 SYs shoving from behind. Both types of loco are 2-8-2. Seen on a cold day in Febru... (more)

Last of the Blue Hour

Rising well before dawn, I made the trek to the hallowed Brickworks Valley (named by railfans, the term is unknown to the local populace) to be rewarded by... (more)