JS 8167 storms out of Baerzhan Yard with a heavy coal train on the last day of 2017. Baerzhan is interlocking throat for the loading point on the Sandaoling system; here the double track mainline ... (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.

NRZ Class 14A Garratt #525 heads on to the turntable after completing a roundtrip to Cement.

NRC Class 14A Garratt #525 storms out Mpopoma Yard with the Mbalabala Mixed train. This is on the double track mainline connecting Bulawayo to Harare.

NRC Class 15A Garratt #414 storms out of Thompson Junction with a heavy freight train bound for Bulawayo.

Mainline Garratt Mixed: Running on the the Bulawayo-Harare line, NRZ 14A #525 storms upgrade into the scenic countryside of southern Africa. The train is passing the one-time junction of Northolt,... (more)

Mainline Garratt Mixed: Moving at track speed to keep up with the mainline freights to Harare, NRZ #525 storms under the signal bridge at the north end of Mpopoma yard. Rhodesia Railways, the pre-... (more)

NRZ Class 14A #525 smokes through Mpopoma Station with the Mbalabala mixed train bound for Cement. This steam power mixed train is running on the double-track mainline to Harare, one of the busies... (more)

The S2 commuter train threads through the Great Wall at Badaling on the way back to Beijing.

At the bottom of the opencast pit mine at Sandaoling, JS 6224 storms out of the flood loader with the second coal train of the day. This 13 car train will battle four miles of 2.5% grade before re... (more)

On a sunny winter's morning, National Railways of Zimbabwe, 14A class Garratt #525 storms past the abandoned interlocking tower at Westgate as it heads the Mbalabala mixed train. Once the main con... (more)

In the 1940's, Rio Grande Southern often leased some of the D&RGW's older locomotives including C-18 #315. On one of those leases, #315 works as a midtrain helper pushing hard against a heavy frei... (more)

Rio Grande Southern #455 storms uphill on it's way to Lizard Head Pass with another heavy freight train. Six cars back, leased D&RGW #315 shoves on the train as it climbs the steep grade. It r... (more)

National Railways of Zimbabwe, 16A class Garratt #611 storms upgrade into Zanguja curve with a heavy freight for Victoria Falls. A Farrail Tours Charter