Approaching Shangdian summit

On a very cold and sunny day, a pair of QJ 2-10-2 locos climb over brickworks viaduct on the famous Jingpeng line in 2003.

On a very cold and windy day (note the exhaust), a pair of QJ 2-10-2 locos climb over brickworks viaduct on the famous Jingpeng line in 2003.

Last of the Blue Hour

Rising well before dawn, I made the trek to the hallowed Brickworks Valley (named by railfans, the term is unknown to the local populace) to be rewarded by... (more)

On a very frosty winter morning two 2-10-2 "QJ" steamlocomotives are tackling the grade of the Jingpeng pass in the Inner Mongolia prefecture of China with a long freight train.

2-10-2 QJ No 6911 heads out of Daban with the morning passenger train for Tongliao in December 2003.