After a long day transporting thousands of rural Indians around, the Loco Pilot and Assistant Loco Pilot rest in the shade alongside colleagues and their steed for the day - 211.
An alsthom derived diesel loco waits to leave Mandalay with the afternoon express to Myitkynia whilst in the background can be seen one of the ALCO hauled departures to Yangon.
Just after sunrise, its still quite cold up in northern Burma and the locals are wrapped up well as the train from Myityinka to Mandalay pauses at the town of Shwebo.
These two big ALCOs are pausing at the penultimate station before arriving into Puri with the weekly Surat to Puri Express train - a journey of 31 hours.