2002/11/04, 01. SY Class 2-8-2 No. SY1753 crosses the river bridge en route to the steel works at Chengde with a loaded coal train, 08:48, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 02. 2-8-2 No. SY1726 crosses the river bridge near the steelworks on the branch from Chengde with another loaded coal train, its exhaust steam condensing nicely in the cold air. 10:10, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 03. 2-8-2 No. SY1726 crosses the river bridge near the steelworks on the branch from Chengde with another loaded coal train, its exhaust steam condensing nicely in the cold air. 10:10, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 04. Nicely cleaned-up SY 2-8-2 SY0099 returns light engine from the steelworks into the sidings at Shuangtashan prior to doing some shunting in the yard. The foreground branch line leads to another industrial area. 10:40, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 05. SY1753 is just bringing a load of coal from the local colliery into the yard at Shuangtashan and passes SY1522 which has been doing some shunting in the yard. 11:27, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 06. Supershine SY Class 2-8-2 No. SY1522 stands in the yard at Shuangtashan on the Chengde steelworks line as a fellow SY No. 1753 passes it with a train off the local colliery branch line. Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 07. 2-8-2 No. SY1422 shunts cauldron wagons of molten metal at the Chengde Steelworks, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 08. 2-8-2 SY1753 working tenderfirst light engine comes off a short industrial branch off the line to Chengde steelworks near Shuangtashan, Monday 4th November 2002. The strange formation in the background is presumably an ancient volcanic plug, with a Pagoda built on top!

2002/11/04, 09. JS Class 2-8-2 No. JS6403 comes off the depot at Shuangtashan on the Chengde steelworks branch and opens its blow-down valves to clear sediment from its boiler water spaces, 14:20, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 10. Lovingly polished-up JS Class 2-8-2 No. JS6403 comes off the depot at Shuangtashan on the Chengde steelworks branch to take up its next duty, catching a glint from the sun, 14:25, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 11. 2-8-2 SY0872 blackens the sky as it crosses the river bridge with another train of coal for the Chengde Steelworks. 15:59, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 12. 2-8-2 SY0872 crossing the river bridge with another train of coal for the Chengde Steelworks - the engines had to work quite hard with these heavy trains! 16:00, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/04, 13. 2-8-2 SY0872 has crossed the river bridge with another train of coal for the Chengde Steelworks - the engines had to work quite hard with these heavy trains! 16:00, Monday 4th November 2002.

2002/11/05, 1. SY Class 2-8-2 No. SY0835 is nicely bulled-up in the industrial environment of the huge steelworks at Anshan, dwarfed by the blast furnaces towering over it, Tuesday 5th November 2002.

2002/11/05, 2. Some wag asked if this was a Brush Type 4! SY Class 2-8-2 No. SY0902 has just been through works for an overhaul and is now in steam at the depot in Anshan Steelworks, while a member of staff makes sure everything is tidy. Tuesday 5th November 2002.

2002/11/05, 3. With one of the many blast furnaces towering in the distance, a loco servicing crew enjoy a joke as they go about their duties with 2-8-2 SY1568 at Anshan steelworks, Tuesday 5th November 2002. The railway system here used steam, diesel and electric traction (one of the diesels can be seen in the background). The steel works is vast, covering 37 square kilometres and employing around 200,000 people!

2002/11/05, 4. The driver of 2-8-2 SY1566 watches as a fellow engineman polishes up the numberplate of SY0836 as they await their next turns of duty at the steam engine depot within Anshan Steelworks. Tuesday 5th November 2002.

2002/11/06, 1. Sunrise at Daqing loco depot on the Tiefa coal-mining system. On the left SY1771 glints in the early sunshine as a fellow SY 2-8-2 goes off depot in the distance. The level-crossing had been closed for this move - it has now reopened to allow coal-miners on their bikes to head for the nearby pithead, 06:45, Wednesday 6th November 2002.

2002/11/06, 2. Sunrise at Daqing loco depot on the Tiefa coal-mining system. On the right SY1771 glints in the early sunshine as a fellow SY 2-8-2 goes off depot in the distance. The level-crossing has been closed for this move - it is about to be reopened to allow coal-miners on their bikes to head for the nearby pithead, 06:45, Wednesday 6th November 2002.

2002/11/06, 3. While a member of the local population goes about his business aboard a horse-drawn cart, SY 2-8-2 SY0435 shunts in the yard at Dalong Colliery, alongside the triangular junction at Sanjiazi on the Tiefa system, Wednesday 6th November 2002.

2002/11/07, 1. Sunrise over Daqing depot on the Tiefa coal-mining system finds JS class 2-8-2 JS5029 simmering in the early light while SY0860 is being prepared for duty. The steam crane used for coaling the engines also awaits its next customer. Thursday 7th November 2002.

2002/11/07, 2. Sunrise at Daqing loco depot, Tiefa coal-mining system, 06:40, Thursday 7th November 2002. SY0860 is in the foreground, SY1769 in the background, both being prepared for work.

2002/11/07, 3. Dusk at Daqing loco depot on the Tiefa coal-mining system, and there is now a light covering of snow on the ground as SY1769 is prepared for its next duty. In the background, the steam crane used to coal the engines trundles along its siding. 16:45, Thursday 7th November 2002.

2002/11/07, 4. At Diaobingshan station in Tiefa, the snow has been blowing around in flurries as SY1751 runs round its passenger train to form the 17:31 departure, Train 303, for the east line. Thursday 7th November 2002.

2002/11/09. JiTong Railway 2-10-2 QJ6631 sets off from Lindong with a westbound freight train to Daban, the famous Pagoda in the foreground, 10:20, Saturday 9th November 2002.

2002/11/11, 1. Driver's eye view from a QJ 2-10-2 as it blasts its way across Simingyi "Horseshoe" Viaduct on the eastbound climb of the Jing Peng Pass, double-heading with another QJ with a freight from Haloukou to Daban, Monday 11th November 2002.

2002/11/11, 2. The sun fights its way through the clouds and smoke to light up the boiler of 2-10-2 No. QJ6274, the lead engine of a pair at the head of an eastbound freight on the climb of the Jing Peng pass. Monday 11th November 2002.

2002/11/11, 3. The afternoon sunshine creates lengthening shadows as a flock of sheep and goats are herded westwards across the frozen fields - in the background double-headed QJ class 2-10-2s Nos. 6638 & 6630 flog their way up the Jing Peng pass near Hadashan with an eastbound freight train, 16:15, Monday 11th November 2002.

2002/11/12, 1. JiTong Railway 2-10-2s Nos. QJ6735 & QJ6763 slog their way up the line from Jing Peng to the summit at Shangdian with an eastbound freight train of around 2000 tonnes at 08:15 on the morning of Tuesday 12th November 2002, the temperature still well below freezing!

2002/11/12, 2. A while later and the same train (QJs 6735 & 6763) rounds one of the loops and crosses the Brickworks viaduct in "Happy Valley" before plunging into Tunnel No. 2 on the eastbound climb to Shangdian from Jing Peng, 09:10, Tuesday 12th November 2002.

2002/11/13, 1. Double-headed QJ Class 2-10-2s Nos. QJ6876 & QJ6905 in charge of train 22844, the 04:00 freight from Daban to Haloukou cross the Galadesitai viaduct at Reshui at sunrise, 07:30 on Wednesday 13th November 2002 on the westbound climb of the Jing Peng Pass.

2002/11/13, 2. QJs Nos. 6998 & 6630 are on the eastbound climb of the Jing Peng Pass at Simingyi "Horseshoe" Viaduct with train 22829, 09:10 from Haloukou to Daban, Wednesday 13th November 2002.

2002/11/13, 3. QJ Class 2-10-2s Nos. 7012 & 6878 battle their way the last few yards to the summit of the Jing Peng pass as they approach Shangdian's outer home signals, still going "all-out" as the light fails and the next lot of snow comes in! The train is eastbound 22833, the 11:35 freight from Haloukou to Daban, 16:20, Wednesday 13th November 2002.

2002/11/15. JF1 Class 2-8-2 No. JF1 304 with the Mao Tse Tung (Maozedong) decorated headboard in the Beijing Railway Museum, Friday 15th November 2002.