Built in 1908 at the Montreal Locomotive Works. Now rests here as a permanent exhibit.

A close up study of the smokebox of Virginian Railway No. 4 reveals the trademark number plate on most Baldwin locomotives. VGN no.4 is the only remaining steam locomotive of the VGN. And in itâ€... (more)

It doesn't get any more down to earth and soulful than this...B&O 57, the Memnon, poses during Civil War festivities held at the B&O Railroad Museum in August of 1996. Creeping up behind the might... (more)

Steam locomotive 040 Norte 2723 "Verraco" of AVENFER (Venta de Baños). Tourist train "Camino de Santiago" (Venta de Baños-Palencia-Fromista). In USA Steam 0-8-0, In Europe steam 0-4-0.

Passengers and pigs disembark from a Shibanxi bound train.

Steam hauled coal from Huang Cun passes the mine at Yue Jin. The steam freight has another 5km or so to run before the line's terminus at Shibanxi.

Yue Jin station becomes a hive of activity as the small NG trains do a brisk business with local traffic, as the railway is the area's only transportaion into the hills. Passengers disembark and b... (more)

A load of coal from Huangcun, at the far end of the line, enters the Yue Jin town area on the downhill run to Shibanxi.

The 2nd train of the day arrives at the line's upper terminus.

One of 4 daily return scheduled steam-hauled passenger trains on this picturesque Chinese NG coal hauler. Efforts are being made locally to exploit the line's tourist potential.

Six weeks before the final train of logs rolled out of the forest, this little 0-8-0 pulled its maximum load train through the murk caused by coal and wood fires used to heat every building. Ahea... (more)

What attracted gricers from around the world to this obscure line was this viaduct, which had an almost surreal quality about it, especially in the hazy lighting that is typical of this area due t... (more)

The Weiyuan Coal Railway is only about three miles long, and runs to a truck reload. It exists on a day to day basis only because local village elders will not let the coal company drive coal tru... (more)

It's 1-30 am on January 16th, 1961. The crew of 'Super D' 49395 wait patiently for the road as another endless train of empty sixteen-tonners rumbles past on the through line. (Actually it's about... (more)

Night freights at the Great Central Railway's impressive Loughborough Central station.