Simpson Timber Company #1200 leads a train of empties through a clearing in the forest on the way to the Dry Sort Yard at Mill Five. Once this train arrives at Mill Five, these unique homemade cen... (more)

Simpson Timber Company #1200 leads a train of empties through the forest on the way to the Dry Sort Yard at Mill Five. This is the last operating remnant of the once extensive Simpson Timber Compa... (more)

State Railway of Thailand GE UM12C #4045 leads Train #257 along the River Kwai just outside Kanchanaburi, Thailand. This scheduled tourist train is running on the only remaining active piece of th... (more)

State Railway of Thailand GE UM12C #4017 leads Train #486 through Ban Kao Village against the backdrop of the beautiful mountains of Sai Yok National Park. This mixed train is running on the only ... (more)

On a sunny December day, State Railway of Thailand GE UM12C #4045 leads Train #257 across the famous Wangpho Trestle. This curved trestle was built by enslaved Allied POW's during World War II as ... (more)

The most beautiful steam locomotive in the World, Southern Pacific #4449 charges across Java Creek Trestle on a sunny day in July 2009. This train was bound for the Trainfestival 2009 in Owosso, M... (more)

SY 1369 smokes its way upgrade towards Xingqu after departing Zhengguang Mine with another load of spoil. This train is destined for the Xingqu spoil heap, where the coal waste will be dumped (and... (more)

Running from the setting sun, DF4D 1066 rushes through Didao Junction on its way to Jixi. This locomotive is known as the SD40 of China with thousands of units built since the 1970s and a few type... (more)

Under overcast skies, C2 #044 storms past a patch of beautiful sunflowers above the tiny village of Tuoyaozi. This empty train is bound for the coal mines at Hongguang (Red Mine) however, the stee... (more)

At the bottom of the Opencast Pit coal mine in Jalainur, SY 1119 leads an empty coal train to be loaded, while SY 1285 passes on the switchback above. Soon SY 1119 will follow its sister up to the... (more)

Seen through at boxpox drivers of an SY 2-8-2, a worker in Jalainur's massive locomotive workshop welds a new driver axles box. Soon, the axlebox will be placed and another 2-8-2 will return to wo... (more)

With the light of the rising sun glinting off of it's train, JS 8081, departs Xibolizhan for another days work in the open pit mine of the Sandaoling Coal Company. The morning shift change has jus... (more)

On a cold winters day, Yamansu Iron Ore Railway JS #8152 leads a train of ore empties across the barren desert of China. This railway only 36 kilometers long, connected an iron ore mine to the Chi... (more)

On a cold autumn morning in 2010, SY 1378 storms past the interlocking tower and through a grade crossing at the Wulong Mine. This train is bound for the spoil tip just 4 kilometers away but over ... (more)

A SY chugs past the setting sun after a hard days work hauling slag from the massive Baotou Steel Mill. The setting sun was a potent metaphor for the future of this locomotive and her sister SY 2-... (more)