Doubleheaded QJ 2-10-2's head a freight approaching the summit tunnel on the JiTong line. Steam had about a year left before the last major mainline steam operation in the world was dieselized.
Curving along the Mighty Columbia River, BNSF revenue freight heads toward Pasco, WA through a moment of brief calmness during an overall stormy winter day.
A pair of QJs are on the long climb of the Jingpeng Pass at Xiakengzi. It is well below freezing, note the ice above the cab, and on the tender of the leading loco.
QJ 6882 was leading an eastbound freight train at Jing Peng while QJs 7040 and 7009 wait for the signal to proceed west, on November 2, 2002.
