Jitong Steam passenger is heading towards Tongliao. March 2002, near Chabuga (scanned slide)

East German built Bo Bo electric loco No 7370, climbs out of the enormous open cast coal pit at Pingzhuang. Note a similar train in opposite direction and steam loco at top of picture.

The harsh mountains take on unreal hues under an impossibly azure sky. A pair of decorated QJs with 6638 piloting, drift lazily (and economically) downhill on the sharp curved approach to the famo... (more)

Nothing quite evoked the word 'atmosphere' as much as when the great wooden barn doors were opened for us at Huludao MPD to reveal this glorious sight. The soft sighing of locomotives in light ste... (more)

This was one of the few pictures I got of a highly decorated engine in China, as apparently this kind of propaganda was quickly going out of style as China modernized. At that time the QJ's assign... (more)

Departure for Shanghai Hongqiao Station.

"Not much room in here!". The driver (engineer) of a 4 wheel electric loco looks quite cramped as it passes by at Fuli Mine at Hegang.

Two CRH3Cs waiting for operations on Beijing-Tianjin Intercity High-Speed Railway.

Jingpeng pass