Shortly after sunrise, a mixed freight train on the Jitong Railway heads west out of Chabuga, Inner Mongolia, with a single QJ locomotive leading about 30 cars. Regular steam operations ended less... (more)

A single QJ-class 2-10-2 steam locomotive leads a westward mixed freight train through the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, near Chaganhada Station on the Jitong Line.

Two shopworkers adjust the running gear of a QJ-class locomotives at Daban, just two months prior to the end of steam. In the background lurks one of the many DF4-class diesels that replaced the Q... (more)