Four men who unload coal by hand put down their shovels and head to lunch at Huanan, a city of over 100,000 in China's far northeastern Heilongjiang province. The trains on the 30-in. gauge railwa... (more)

A fireman on the Huanan Narrow Gauge Coal Railway trims coal in the tender of C2-class 0-8-0 no. 168 during a stop at Xiahua Station. Xiahua, 12 miles east of Huanan, is a common meeting point for... (more)

A section gang on the Huanan Narrow Gauge Coal Railway prepares for their evening meal on the outskirts of Tuoyaozhi, a village of about 10,000 people in Heilongjiang Province. Despite such amenit... (more)

An eight-car coal train steams up the grade out of Lixin with 0-8-0s pulling and pushing. Each car on the 30-in. railway carries about 15 tons of coal, giving the total train about the same capaci... (more)