More than five years ago, the Shibanxi was a freight haulling real narrow gauge. On a hot day in April 2011, C2 0-8-0 #10 burst from LaoYingZui Tunnel with a heavy train of empty coal cars bound f... (more)

The second morning coal train coasts downhill through one of the scenic highlights of the Ba-Shi Railway. This location, known as Liangsuituo to locals, is where the 760mm gauge railway emerges fr... (more)

The mid-day passenger train of the Ba-Shi Railway storms up the stiff 3.9% grade out of Mifengyan behind C2 #09. On this section, the track is built on a shelf far above the valley below. The sce... (more)

The mid-day passenger train tackles the stiff 3.9% grade out of Mifengyan behind C2 #09. Here the track winds through a field of flowering rape seed plants. Every March, the hills in the this regi... (more)

The second coal train of the day storms upgrade from Mifengyan station. It is bound for the Huangcunjin coal mine at the end of the 20 kilometer 760 mm narrow gauge railway. The Ba-Shi Railway kno... (more)

The regular passenger train of the Ba-Shi Railway storms upgrade past some flowering rape-seed plants. In March, the hillsides around the Shibanxi Narrow Gauge were alight with these yellow blosso... (more)

The regular passenger train of the Ba-Shi Railway passes through the scenic Sichuan countryside. It is bound for the village of Bagou where the railway terminates and serves a small coal mine. The... (more)

C2 0-8-0 #10 of the Jiayang Coal Railway (known as Shibanxi to westerners) blasts up hill through the Sichuan countryside. This pleasant narrow gauge was once paradise for railfans boasting 4 coal... (more)

During a shunting break a little photoshooting took place in the station of Shixi. It was taken in April 2010. (scanned slide)