A calm cold early mornig shot as 6953 gets ready for a train hauling eastwards.

Daban is still busy in this December view but it is quickly shutting down due to diesels comming in on this line.

This is the last regularly scheduled steam hauled passenger train, w/sleepers, anywhere in the world. But time is running out, this 21st Century marvel will end by spring of '05.

QJ7163 is getting a large scoop of coal dropped in its tender by a steam crane. Another steam crane stands by a car loaded with cinders . Deban is the busiest steam engine sevice facility in the m... (more)

Four steam engines are getting ready for the day in this early morning morning shot. To the right we see two steam cranes (we can only see boom of the second).

At dawn' at -10F degrees, the Chinese Santa Fe type(QJ Class) engines are redied for both east and west bound trains. Deban is now the world largest steam shed remaining in the world.