25 KV ac electric loco No 7028 departs Lahore for Khanewal in 1988. 30 of these locos were built in UK in 1967 and only the Lahore to Khanewal section was electrified. Anyone know if they still op... (more)

ALCO 3801 with sister loco 3814 pushing at the rear, climb the 4% grade Bolan Pass at Dozan. Note the semaphore signal at the top of the photo and the steps made to maintain it.

Suffering! You can see the unhappiness in the donkey`s faces. A DMU leaves Malakwal for Bhera in 1988. I remember that one donkey had just dropped it`s bricks and was being berated by the owner.

Rear view of ALCOs 3814 and 3801 climbing the 4% Bolan Pass in amazing scenery at Dozan. They are working the Sind Express from Karachi to Quetta. The diagonal line, which finishes near top right ... (more)

Both the driver and assistant are determined to be in the photo! 3817 was built by ALCO in the late 1950s. It is an ARPW 20 EB class. Anyone know what EB stands for? The photo is level despite th... (more)

SGS 0-6-0 2405 is working with an additional tank wagon as it arrives at Malakwal with the 0800 from Khewra.

SPS 4-4-0 No 3165, built in Britain around 1920, leaves Malakwal on the 1410 to Sargodha.

Alco 3825 leaves Quetta with the 1130 to Rawalpindi.

3833 has stopped at Kuchlak with a freight from Chaman (on the Afghanistan border) to Quetta. A crowd of young lads soon gather for a chance to be photographed. 3833 is an ALCO build from the late... (more)

Schenectady built ALCO 3815, with sister 3823 pushing at the rear, slog up the 1 in 25 (4%) grade into Mach with a train for Quetta. At Mach they will reverse into the station for a few minutes` r... (more)

ALCOs 3834 and 3823 both built at Schenectady in the late 1950s share the shed at Mach with a couple of goats. Mach shed provides banking engines (helpers) on the Bolan Pass.

ALCO 3807 passes a group of nomadic people (and their camels) camped out next to the line near Kolpur. The train is the Bolan Mail, 1530 Quetta to Karachi.

The Khost branch receives just one train per day. Here GE 4010, built Erie in 1970, arrives at Khost with the 0715 from Sibi.

ALCO 3815, with 3814 pushing, struggle up the 4% grade out of Mach with a train for Quetta. I had walked over a mile from Mach station in a temperature of 44c (111f).

ALCO 3808 nears Kolpur with a Quetta to Sibi freight.