K28 476 at Silverton with a special, returned to 1970s appearance for a charter train.

Cumbres & Totlec’s 489, as an oil burner at Chama, October 2022.

Silverton, Colorado, with the 478 and in the distance, 480 which was arriving with the regular daily passenger train.

D&S 480 in full gallop northbound for Silverton with Colorado’s famous aspen trees in fall colours.

D&S 107 – 482 Durango October 2022

K37 No. 493 the first of the D&S engines to burn oil. It was completely rebuilt for service to Silverton, having not been in use since the 1960s when the D&RGW was still running freight trains from Alamosa to Durango and Farmington.

D&S 107 Durango Oct 2022

Sunset at the Fuxin tip on a mountain taken from the big open cast mine and the deep mines nearby

On the edge of Fuxin’s massive open cast mine, now being filled to some extent with waste from the Yulong Mine.

One of Fuxin’s fleet of SY 2-8-2s at sunset, backing to the tip.

At the top of the Fuxin waste tip with temporary track.

Fuxin railway shops, rebuilding an SY. Very few steam overhauls, aside from those on heritage railways are being carried out in 2016!