The fireman of SY1319 heats up the pipes and pumps after a very cold night when he takes over his machine for the next shift. See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/Wedding1... (more)

High above the city of Fuxin, SY1319 unloads the dump and ash from the coal mining and power plant activities. On a windy day, the ash would fly up in the air and rain down on the city some time l... (more)

The loaded spoil and ash trains are being pushed to the dump hill of the Fuxin mining corporation. See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/Wedding13347

The loaded spoil and ash trains are being pushed to the dump hill - a long and grueling gradient for the steam locomotive to fight against. SY1319, built in 1984 (!), has just entered the long uph... (more)

The loaded spoil and ash trains are being pushed to the dump hill - a long and grueling gradient for the steam locomotive to fight against. The shunter and other staff ride on the first hopper, ob... (more)

After sunset, SY1319 trundles down from Fuxin´s ash hill towards the power plants to get its hoppers filled with ash again See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profile/Wedding133... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for a lot of private lines was the once ubiqious SY class. They were used for all kind of duties on the Fuxin Coal Mining Railway. See more of my pictures ... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for a lot of private lines was the once ubiqious SY class. Here seen on the famous dump hill high about Fuxin town where all the ashes and dust from the co... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for a lot of private lines was the once ubiqious SY class. And when you already have a totally polluted workplace, why not adding some more dirt to it? See... (more)

The classic workhorse on shunting duties for the national railways and a lot of private lines is the ubiqious DF5D class. Here seen earning some money on the Fuxin Coal Mining Railway. See more of... (more)

On February 14th 2005, 214 Miners were killed in a gas explosion at this mine. The terrible Sunjiawan Mine disaster occurred less than twelve months after I took this image of No.3, one of the min... (more)

Beautiful evening light casts red and yellow hues over SY 0849 as she slips away from the stabling point and returns to her duties. Fuxin is one of the last locations in China still to offer the p... (more)

I rather liked the contrast between the bruised and battered lime green front end of a 1950's-built electric and rust-stained SY 0849 built some 20 years later in July 1974. They are caught by the... (more)

The 'pit' was encased in ice and grease and it was only with great difficulty (not to mention stupidity) that I was able to clamber down to get this view. It was only then that I noticed the star ... (more)

The driver of SY 0848 pays some attention to his steed as the evening sun slips away behind a forest of wires, signals, smoke and steam. Between the locomotives is a deep ash pit. Welcomingly war... (more)