Class SY 2-8-2 No.1561 heads a train of cauldron wagons containing molten slag which comes from the blast furnaces.
At the end of the 90's a few PL2's were still operational at the Anshan steel works. Number 237 is seen here shunting. The last PL2 in service was thought to be Anshan steel works' PL2 244 which w... (more)
The YJ design is based on pre-war PL2 class 2-6-2, itself derived from the JF6 2-8-2, the predecessor of the SY class mikado. A total of 202 YJ locos were produced between 1958 and 1961. The last ... (more)
The Bo-Bo-Bo number 30 is an electric locomotive type EL1 built by LEW-Hennigsdorf in the GDR.
Anshan is situated 55 miles southwest of Shenyang on the old South Manchurian Railway line. A single tramway route was opened in 1956 to provide transportation for the employees of the Anshan Stee... (more)
An SY Mikado bats cars back and forth on the yard tracks but the real interest has to be the cauldron car receiving its fiery lading in a dark corner of the huge steel complex in Anshan. As a rar... (more)
The steel mill at Anshan covers 35 sq km and boasts steam, diesel and electric power. Here SY 0440 waits for its next job, deep inside the mill.
