The Xingyang Brickworks Railway was an anachronism in a country known for railway anachronisms. Built int he 1970's the railway's sole purpose was to haul clay from a quarry to a large brickworks.... (more)

JS 8358 has just topped the steep grade outside of Erjing mine and will coast downgrade for the remainder of the trip to Nanzhan.

Deep in the Open Pit Coal Mine of Sandaoling, JS 8225 storms upgrade past JS 8077. JS 8225 is bound for the coal washery but first must surmount a grueling 2%+ grade that will challenge the massiv... (more)

JS 8077 leads another coal train out of the Opean Cast Pit in the golden light at the end of another day at Sandaoling.

JS 8077 storms out of the loading area with a 1500+ ton coal train. The loading area is built on a steep grade, so loaded trains are immediately challenged upon leaving the flood tipple at the bot... (more)

KD6 #487 storms into the tiny village of Wangqian with a special passenger train. This locomotive is a famous one in China as it is the only operable 2-8-0, the only operable locomotive built befo... (more)

On a icy January day, SY 1772 leads a passenger train across the Wang River Middle Bridge. This locomotive is one of the most historic steam locomotives in China, if not the world, as it was the L... (more)

JS 8225 thunders down a long straight stretch of track at the bottom of the Opencast Pit mine. Ahead of this 2-8-2 is over 4 miles of steep grade. Therefore crews often use this straight flat sect... (more)

JS 8173 slips and stalls again while lifting a heavy loaded coal train up the 2%+ out of the Opencast Pit at Sandaoling. This train has been stalled on the steepest part of the grade for almost 30... (more)

JS 8077 storms out of the Opencast Pit at Sandaoling with a heavy loaded coal train. JS 8077 is a special locomotive on the Sandaoling Railway as it has been recognized by the local Communist Part... (more)

On a cold winters day in Diaobingshan, a Chinese family plays on the ice of a small pond, with homemade sleds (made out of recycled metal and wood). Meanwhile, SY 1772 leads the afternoon passenge... (more)

JS 8225 steams through the Big Curve and up the last stretch of grade at the Opencast Pit Mine in Sandaoling.

Early in the morning of January 20th, JS 8225 thunders up the last 100 meters of 2%+ grade out of the Opencast Pit and into the junction at Kuang Kou Zhan. Kuang Kou Zhan means Mine Entrance Stati... (more)

While most loaded trains at the Sandaoling Coal Railway, make it up the tough 2%+ grade with only minor wheelslip, JS #8173 had alot tougher time on January 21st. This train was severely overloade... (more)

In the golden light at the end of a fantastic day at Sandaoling, JS #8077 storms through the Big Curve with a loaded coal train.