The mountains of Tibet, where a new railway was opened in july 2006. This train is headed for Chengdu, 3.360 km and 46 hours away. The highest point on the Tibet line is at 16.640 feet (5.072 m) -... (more)

The daily Beijing-train has just left Tibet capitol Lhasa on its 4.064 km (2.540 miles) and 47 hour journey. The highest point on the new Qinghai-Tibet railway is at 5.072 m (16.640 feet) - a new ... (more)

The train from Lhasa to Xining is one of only four passengertrains a day on the new Qinghai-Tibet railway. The locomotives were built in 2006 by General Electric, Pennsylvania, USA

In 1968 North Vietnam railways built this Mikado class steamer of parts from scapped engines originally delivered in 1953 by Société Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques in France

Qinghai-Tibet railway has a lenght of 1.142 km (710 miles). General Electric, Pennsylvania in USA, has delivered 78 dieselunits type C38AChe. A GE-engineer is still in Tibet to monitor the GE-loco... (more)

Freighttrafic on the Tibet railway is still minimal. The green locomotives with 3.800 HP each were built by General Electric, Pennsylvania, USA. They are fitted with the typical american horn !

Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway with a 2-feet gauge. The train from Darjeeling has just passed the Chambatta Loop with a curveradius of just 59 feet. Down in the valley are fields with tea-plants.

Siberia in 1984, more than 4.000 miles east of Moscow. Steamengine EA 2057 was built in USA and delivered to the Sovietunion as a waraid during Second World War

In 2006 General Electric, Pennsylvania, USA, built 78 locomotives type C38AChe for the new Tibet railway. The first 18 units were painted white - the rest got this green/yellow livery. Each unit h... (more)

In 1968 North Vietnam railways built this Mikado class steamer of parts from scapped engines originally delivered in 1953 by Société Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques in France

Qinghai-Tibet railway at km 1405 - that's 544 km (338 miles) north of Lhasa. Tanggula station is located at altitude 5.068 m (16.628 feet) and thereby the highest placed railway station in the wor... (more)

The mountains of Tibet, altitude 13.000 feet (4.320 m). A train from Lhasa northbound for Xining curves around a narrow valley. A military truck - part of a convoy of 92 trucks - is headed south t... (more)

A train like this was a common sight in Denmark for decades. Now diesel-electric MO 1954 (built in 1935) and the two passengercars are preserved in running order at the national railway museums di... (more)

Qinghai-Tibet railway, km 1408 - that's 541 km (335 miles) north of Lhasa. The bridge is at altitude 5.072 m (16.640 feet) - and thereby since 2005 the highest railwaypoint anywhere in the world.