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Right on cue, a train storms away from the loading area, attacking the gradient out of the Sandaoling open cast mine. Xinjiang Province, China January, 2012. © Photo: David Hill

A white hot ingot falls after being hooked out of the furnace. In it's near molten state, it slides quite easily. It will be carried with tongs to a large hydraulic hammer, to be beaten into shape. An infernal scene in the foundry attached to the locomotive workshops of the Sandaoling open cast coal mine, Xinjiang Province, western China.
January 2011 © David Hill

The race is on, to collect the spilled coal, before the next overloaded truck runs you down. Tiefa Mine Railway, Liaoning Province, China. April 2005. © David Hill.

On the trail of the Nippon Pacific No. 82 as she burns her way across the desert south of Amman, Jordan. October 2007. © Photo - David Hill.

A fine industrial backdrop for this portrait of an 'SY' class locomotive photographed in the depths of Beitai Steel Works, Liaoning Province, China. January, 2012. © Photo: David Hill