DF5-1813 and 2 SY steam locos are at work in the yard at Baiyin in 2005

Man-made lava pours out of a slag car on the Baiyin Non-Ferrous Metals Railway. This slag tip was relatively hard to get to and was not visited by many enthusiasts who stopped by Baiyin over the y... (more)

Deep in the loess mountains of western China, SY1470 hauls a short afternoon passenger train bound for the copper mines at Shenbutong. This is just an ordinary passenger train but therein lay its ... (more)

The morning passenger train just leaving Yunshubu station. Baiyin have the last daily real steam passenger train of China. But it may stop in 2016 due to the new diesels' arriving.

On the 27th February 2014, the afternoon passenger train at Baiyin Copper railway departs Baiyin bound for Shenbutong. The passenger trains are steam hauled during the colder months to provide ste... (more)

A comparison of 2-8-2 loco classes in China. Left is a JS and right is an SY class. Both are in the scrap line at Baiyin in 2005.