Ex Indian Railways DF11354 departs through the backstreets of Mandalay with the 15:00 departure to Yangon.

Now earning its keep in its third country (after service in India and Tanzania), DF1356 opens up its ALCO engine on the outskirts of Mandalay with the early evening express to Yangon.

Between Shwebo and Sagaing, one of the daily Mytinka to Mandalay expresses in the charge of a small (6 cylinder) ex-Indian ALCO locomotive pauses at an un-identified station to pass an opposite w... (more)

With some very un-african weather rolling across from the South Africa border (behind the station buildings), Indian built but ALCO powered D607 waits to head back to Maputo with the daily passeng... (more)

With their 6 cylinder ALCO engines revealed for work to be carried out, D603 and D609 receive attention from Indian fitters flown in as part of the RITES contract with CFM, in the main CFM worksho... (more)

Vendors circulate their wares to sell through the train windows, as the daily Cuamba to Nampula train pauses at Mussa in Northern Mozambique to pass the opposite working.

In a very remote and emtpy corner of India, very close to the border with Nepal, 6512 has ran around its metre gauge train before heading back slowly (at an average speed of less than 12mph) towar... (more)

After arrival at Jaipur, 6732 runs around its train from Churu as normal life continues around it. Here in tourist orientated Jaipur, a foreigner taking photos isn't even worthy of an inquistative... (more)

Due to a disjointed gauge conversion process, many metre gauge lines now find themselves cut off from loco sheds, leaving engines to be transported on flat wagons over the broad gauge network, suc... (more)

On long term loan from Indian Railways, 6648 blasts through the tiny station of Tenang with the Express Rakyat from Singapore to Butterworth via Kuala Lumpur.

In one of the last metre gauge strongholds, MHOW based YDM4 #6736 pauses at Kalakund so a classmate can be attached to the rear for the climb up the ghats to Patalpani.

The busy metre gauge junction of Pilibhit is starting to resemble a museum as the rest of Indian Railways modernises and converts to broad gauge. Here 6528 pulls in with the Ruhelkhand Express fro... (more)

Passing a fine array of semaphore signals as it pulls into the loop at Rau, 6607 leads a Ratlam to Akola train on the soon to be converted metre gauge tracks around Indore. Within a few months thi... (more)

As a family tuck into their lunchtime meal, 6715 arrives at Bihariganj with a fully loaded metre gauge train from Purnia.

Another already sadly lost metre gauge scene - 6297 pauses at Oddanchatram with an afternoon train from Madurai to Podanur. See more at www.youthwith.fotopic.net.