JS 8190 storms past JS 8167 as the latter waits to enter the loading area for another load of coal.

JS 8190 thunders through the big curve and up the last section of steep 2.5+% grade out of the opencast pit at Sandaoling.

JS 8190 steams out of the blue flood loader at the bottom of the opencast pit coal mine at Sandaoling.

JS 8190 storms uphill with another heavy load of coal! The engine is just reaching the steepest part of the mainline, where the grade nearly reaches 3% for the last stretch out of the opencast pit... (more)

JS 6224 steams uphill out of the opencast pit coal mine at Sandaoling. JS 6224 holds the dubious honor of being one of the oldest steam locomotives in service in China in 2018, yet it was only bui... (more)

JS 8190 storms upgrade out of the wide curve and up the ramp to the unloading facility. Soon this train will unload and return downgrader for another 1500 tons of coal.

2-8-2 JS # 8190 of the Sandaoling caol mine railroad is pulling another 700 ton train out of the pit.

At the coal unloading point of Xuanmeichang. Only seconds after this shot, the photographer was in a big black coal dust cloud.

JS # 8190 at the coal unloading point (washery) of Xuanmeichang. The train is almost empty, to go back down to the pit.

2-8-2 JS # 8190 with her 13 hoppers coal train on the about 1.0 % grade from the open cast mine up to the washery. The potographer is standing about 1000 m a.s.l, the Tianshan mountain range in th... (more)

Sunrise behind 2-8-2 JS # 8190 at 09.21 AM in Dongbolizhan station.

The workshop in Dongbolizhan is probably the last one in the world where heavy maintenance and small or large repairs are carried out on standard gauge steam locomotives that are in regular servic... (more)

The workshop in Dongbolizhan is probably the last one in the world where heavy maintenance and small or large repairs are carried out on standard gauge steam locomotives that are in regular servic... (more)

Refilling of lubricating oil at JS 8190. The oil was extremely viscous, probably due to the low temperature of approx. 7 degrees Fahrenheit (or minus 15 Celsius).