Scrapping the WW&F. It's 1936 and the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway has been out of business for 3 long years. Salvage crews are finally in the process of lifting the rails th... (more)

Replica of the 'Roessli Tram' (Horse Tramway Staedtische Strassenbahn, the original was built 1885), at a special oldtimer parade

SY 1058 passes by, as several horses have their carts loaded with coal slurry at Chengzihe washery in 2002.

The regular assigned switch power at the base of the Comandau Incline pulls a load of dimensional lumber off the incline. Note "engine shed" in background! The cable hauled incline connected two ... (more)

The regular assigned switch power at the Comandau Incline shuffles some empty log bogies. The Covasna-Comandau line, a 19th century logging railroading relic lasted but a few months after this ph... (more)

Following my previous posts showing railway horses shunting wagons this is my third and final photo depicting horse shunting. Taken in slightly more recent times, 1951 as against 1926 and 1938, th... (more)

Following my previous post showing a railway shunting horse beside a main line train here is another at Grantham having, appropriately, just shunted a horse box. He does not look too happy! Photo ... (more)

The two sections of the forest system at Covasna-Comandau are separated by an inclined plane first opened in 1886. The plane is entirely worked by gravity, the heavier loaded wagons pull up the e... (more)

8 horses are visible, having their carts loaded with coal slurry at Chengzihe washery. SY1058 completes the scene.

The sole motive power unit pauses while the contents of its train are discharged at a small coal mine near Houba. Many enthusiasts flocked to the nearby Baotou-Shiguai branch for the JS-hauled tra... (more)

C&T K36 #484 drops down the hill from Cumbres Pass heading to Chama encountering local wildlife along the way.