After witnessing the mess which we make of operating our transport system, and the embarrassment which our railways under minimal snowfall have become, it never ceases to amaze me that countries such as China are able to operate steam locomotives ... running on water, at temperatures way below freezing. An SY 2-8-2 goes about it's daily business on a relatively warm day of a mere 10 degrees below at Jalainur washery during March 2009.