A9105 leads a photo run-by over the picturesque bridge at Menara.

A9101 leads a charter train for UK ALCO fans across the viaduct at Sirtis during one of several such photo stops. The viaduct was rebuilt in 1975 after the original one was destroyed during WW2.

On first sight, this looks like a scene of decline and dereliction, but despite the engine being almost 60 years old, this is actually the start of a new dawn for train services in the south of Ch... (more)

Another view of the (back)street running in Hanoi, where the street slightly widens for the junction with Khâm Thiên a street food vendor washes out her dishes, seemingly oblivious to the 10 coach... (more)

The Assistant Station Master at Shwebo writes out our special "foreigners" tickets (which can only be purchased in US dollars) in triplicate whilst his colleague the Station Master is on the phone... (more)

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

Above the bustling markets of uptown Hanoi, D9E 233 (a GE built U10 with a CAT engine) gets ready to depart with a train towards the border with China.

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 the unique design of a typical Yangon Circular station forming the background, french built DF1251 departs from Mahl Wa Gon with an afternoon commuter train heading into Yangon.

A Yangon Circular Railway train arrives into Pha Yar Lan (the penultimate stop) with a commuter train to Yangon.

Just minutes earlier, this back street had been a hive of activity with a wedding in full swing, carpenters using the tracks as their workshop, street hairdressers, shoe stalls, butchers and resid... (more)

South African based Sheltham currently operate hire locomotives all around Mozambique, but this one here in the north of the country (on the Nacala corridor) also operates with a Sheltham driver a... (more)

English built 8720 rolls down the yard at Nairobi before taking charge of the evening commuter train to Athi River.

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)