Illuminated by the locomotives lights, this workers gets his locomotive ready as the sun starts to paint the sky at Dongbolizhan Station.
The sun sets on another day but the steam action continues through the night. Taken at 82 Station.
No ones around to shut the water off as it pours over the side of a full tender. Every morning at Dongbolizhan Station, new crews would inspect, clean, oil their locomotives before backing them up... (more)
82 Station is down near the mine's loadout. Would love to spin up that orange phone and see who answers. Most of the control board operators appear to have a fairly relaxed job. We would not have ... (more)
A flagman stands on the back of the coal hopper to signal the headend as they shunt cars at the Nanzhan coal transfer yard. Trucks come and go to the right. Each one appears to be sorted by hand. ... (more)
Leading lines galore. Codeline, dirt road, steam plume, and tracks. Taken near Dongkuang Station.
The barren landscape lead your eyes to Dongkuang Station and a departing train from the open cast coal mine.
Shoveling of some coal at Dongbolizhan Station for the stoves in the maintenance crew buildings along the yard tracks.
Workers at Jichangzhan Workshop do a final inspection and fire up this JS class locomotive which will soon see daylight.
Final touches are being done before they pull this JS class out of the Jichangzhan Workshop.
On train heads down to Xikeng as a loaded train passes by at Kengkongzhan Station going to the Xuanmeichang Washery.
A steel wheel set sits alone on the Jichangzhan workshop floor.
Every morning, the fresh crews take their trains down to the mine to first get their tenders loaded with coal. This tender was being loaded by a front end loaded as the fireman spray it with water... (more)
This worker looks on with kind eyes. The work never ends in maintaining these giants. Taken at Dongbolizhan Station.
Full steam ahead rounding the bend on the edge of the old open pit.
