One of the Hegang Coal Railway's extensive fleet of electric locos marshalls coal cars in Hegang City's Jipei Yard.

The lower 5km of this railway is electrified, and these diminutive motors shuttle back and forth with coal traffic all day and all night. The rest of the railway is steam worked.

Kearsley power station had a short electrified branch from the Manchester-Bolton main line. There were 3 or 4 of these small electrics, maintained, like the power station, on a standby basis. I ne... (more)