Just after sunrise, its still quite cold up in northern Burma and the locals are wrapped up well as the train from Myityinka to Mandalay pauses at the town of Shwebo.

The Assistant Station Master at Shwebo writes out our special "foreigners" tickets (which can only be purchased in US dollars) in triplicate whilst his colleague the Station Master is on the phone... (more)

Between Shwebo and Sagaing, one of the daily Mytinka to Mandalay expresses in the charge of a small (6 cylinder) ex-Indian ALCO locomotive pauses at an un-identified station to pass an opposite w... (more)