3 QJ 2-10-2 locos head for the loco shed at Dongsheng as commuters head home in bright evening sunshine. Note the frozen river which they cross on their way home.

QJ No 6286, unusually with a white painted smokebox, prepares to load it`s train at Daliuta mine. It must keep the speed to around half mph to load the wagons on the move.

QJ 2-10-2 No 6018 is hard at work with a coal train near the famous Singing Sands Viaduct on a freezing cold January day in 2001. Can anyone translate the writing?

2 tiny electric locos are at work at Fuli mine, Hegang, with various loads including wooden pit props.

3 East German built LEW BoBo locos stand outside the loco shed at Pingzhuang. These are part of a large fleet of similar locos that work the huge open cast colliery at Pingzhuang.

Not too sure what was happening here. The wagon was loaded with a flaming load from behind the black doors (top right), then it would propel to the bottom of the chimney to unload. The driver had ... (more)

Very different types of power at Qitaihe in 2002, but which is newer is debatable!

A young railfan and his father watch 2-8-2 SY 0150 arrive at Yaojie in 2005.

JS no 8223 is under repair at Gucheng in 2005.

Happy in his work. The driver (engineer) of 2-8-2 SY No 1308 smiles for the camera at Dayan Mines.

Jitong Steam passenger is heading towards Tongliao. March 2002, near Chabuga (scanned slide)

2 feet 6 inch gauge C2 0-8-0 No 03 waits for it`s train of limestone wagons to emerge from the tunnel at Dahuichang. They will be hauled on a cable to the loco. A couple of stray wagons litter the... (more)