2-8-2 SY locomotives prepare for the new shift at the steam depot in Fuxin. North western Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.

A 2-8-2 SY locomotive with a rake of empty coal wagons prepares for the new shift. Seen at the depot in Fuxin, north western Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.

As the sun begins to dip below the horizon, an SY locomotive laden with underground mine waste slowly makes its way up the incline to dispose the waste on a mad made hill at Fuxin composed of mine... (more)

Taken just after sunset, orange-yellow skies appear over the Bristol Channel and a distant ship is just about seen on the horizon as it makes its way west along the channel, while the last of the ... (more)

SY Locomotive, 1397, prepares for the night shift at the steam depot in Fuxin, north western Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.

A JS locomotive laden with coal for the wash plant slowly departs the open pit at Sandaoling. An impressive sight to hear and see these locos working so hard. Sandaoling, Xinjiang Province, China.... (more)

The snow-capped Tianshan Mountains loom in the background as JS Class locomotive 8358, top and tail with 8366, heads an empty coal train to the Er Jing colliery across the spartan landscape on the... (more)

66301, with the diverted 4V38 “Tesco Express”, Daventry to Wentloog service, passes through the idylic and still semaphored location of Pontrilas, resplendent in autumn colours, a stone’s th... (more)

In freezing cold conditions, SY1225 doesn’t disappoint as it pushes up an incline with a rake of empty box wagons on the Wu Jiu Coal Group line, which parallels the road. Wu Jiu, Inner Mongolia,... (more)

The late afternoon sun illuminates the rich tones of the coal bearing strata in the now defunct eastern part of the open pit at Sandaoling, whilst a "fotter" captures the action in the r... (more)

Steam lives on! Well, at least for the time being in some isolated pockets of China. One such location is Sandaoling, in north-western China on the fringes of the Gobi Desert, where JS 2-8-2 tende... (more)

An everyday scene at Sandaoling open cast coal mine sees JS locomotives loading up with coal in the distance next to the loader on the right (smoke plume) and the excavator on the left. Meanwhile... (more)

Chasing the last of the steam engines; SY1225, is seen with a rake of empty coal box wagons, Wu Jiu Coal Group line, Inner Mongolia, China.