tarboat's photos with the keyword: chengzihe

The morning loaded coal wagons are hauled away from the yard at Dongchang Colliery en route to the China Rail interchange several kilometres away. It was always a big effort for a single SY class locomotive to get this heavy train moving and sometimes it had to be double-headed.

Morning empties from Zhengyang on the steep climb up to Xinghua on the Jixi Coal Railway.

There is often a well beaten path at the side of industrial railways in China. After all, it is often the shortest route home for a tired workforce. As the sun sets in icy Jixi a lone figure trudges homeward, hands in pockets, as SY 1058 heads up bank from Nanchang with a train of spoil tippers.

Pushing back from Xincheng tip on the Chengzihe system of the Jixi coal railways in Heilongjiang Province, North-east China.

Early morning at Nanchang on the Chengzihe colliery railway system at Jixi. A loaded train heading for the interchange with Chinese National Railways.