Qinghai-Tibet railway has a length of 1.142 km (710 miles). All in all 154 km (95 miles) of the track is placed on bridges and viaducts. This S-shaped highbridge is 2 km (1,3 miles) long. Altitude... (more)

Qinghai-Tibet railway has a length of 1.142 km (710 miles). All in all 960 km (595 miles) of the line is above altitude 4.000 m (12.400 feet), and 20 km (12 miles) is even above 5.000 m (15.500 fe... (more)

Qinghai-Tibet railway, km 1408 - that's 541 km (335 miles) north of Lhasa. The bridge is at altitude 5.072 m (16.640 feet) - and thereby since 2005 the highest railwaypoint anywhere in the world.

Qinghai-Tibet railway has a lenght of 1.142 km (710 miles). General Electric, Pennsylvania in USA, has delivered 78 dieselunits type C38AChe. A GE-engineer is still in Tibet to monitor the GE-loco... (more)

Freighttrafic on the Tibet railway is still minimal. The green locomotives with 3.800 HP each were built by General Electric, Pennsylvania, USA. They are fitted with the typical american horn !

North of Lhasa, the Shanghai train is on its way, still 4.300 km (2.900 miles) to go. Passengercars on the new Tibet railway has special features, such as oxygen outlet for passengers - and even a... (more)

The daily Beijing-train has just left Tibet capitol Lhasa on its 4.064 km (2.540 miles) and 47 hour journey. The highest point on the new Qinghai-Tibet railway is at 5.072 m (16.640 feet) - a new ... (more)

The mountains of Tibet, where a new railway was opened in july 2006. This train is headed for Chengdu, 3.360 km and 46 hours away. The highest point on the Tibet line is at 16.640 feet (5.072 m) -... (more)

A Manzhouli - Harbin passenger approaches Zhalainuer, behind the usual DF4 diesel. The foreground tracks belong to the steam-operated Jalainur Opencast Railway.

A Hegang-Harbin passenger train climbs away from Hegang. The foreground two electrified tracks belong to the Hegang Coal Railway which operates coal and local passenger trains in this area. The ra... (more)

Two woman scavenge for usable lumps of coal, discarded from passing steam locos, as a Df5 road switcher runs light up the hill. The foreground 2 tracks (wired) belong to the Hegang Coal Railway - ... (more)

New DF8 diesels power a loaded coal train. These modern engines sound impressive, especially when working in pairs.

2 women attempt to chip ice from hand operated switches on this narrow gauge mineral line.

Steam trapped between the cars gives an unusual effect.

JS 8223 hauls a "globe steam" charter train on the very scenic line from Hekou to Liujiaxia. This section of the line is not accessible by road and with only one scheduled train per day, this was ... (more)