The steam train on the right sight waits until the left one has passed

Hard work: loaded coal train runs slowly uphill in the morning sun

Coal mine Sandaoling in the morning: Change of shift, the coal ist loaded, now the loc takes water

Coal mine working: The trains unload the coal of the mine at this point. From here the trucks transport the coal

Beautiful silhouette in the evening with coal mine steam loc

Heavy work with this coal train and it sounds great!

Deep within the opencast pit coal mine of Sandaoling, JS #6209 thunders past JS #8167 at the BaErZhan siding. JS6209 is hauling a 1300 ton coal train out of the big pit, and the engineer is using ... (more)

A JS class 2-8-2 is separated from it`s tender as it undergoes an overhaul at Sandaoling in 2005.

Semaphore signals! The conductor will operate the semaphore signal on the roof of his caboose to tell the loco crew "all clear" when propelling the train. Here a JS positions it`s train ... (more)

Back in 2005, 5 JS 2-8-2 locos are visible, working at the open cast coal mine at Sandaoling.