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The 1927 Bagnall locomotive exits the last curve of the spiral to arrive at Wallah Gorge on the Namtu Mines Railway in northern Myanmar (Burma). The line side banking has already been set alight from the passage of the train around the foreground curve. © David Hill. November 2011.

Movements at Dongbolizhan on a cold and frosty morning at the Sandaoling open cast coal mine, Xinjiang Province, China. January 2011. © David Hill.

A USA tank loco is reflected in the buildings of the Zenica Coal Mine in Bosnia. April 2010 © Photo: David Hill.

On the Yuanbaoshan Coal Mine Railway, beyond Fengshuigou, the line continues up grade for a couple of kilometres to the CNR station called Anqinggou. Occasionally, loaded trains leave the system by this route, and on my last visit, was lucky (but also unlucky) to see this, because it took me by surprise, and despite running like an idiot for what seemed like a half marathon, I never managed to get in front of the train. And so I had to be satisfied with this 'drifting back' shot, over the flooded frozen fields - which is pleasant enough I guess, but not when I consider what might have been. Railway photography is littered with 'might have beens'. Inner Mongolia, China. January 2011 © David Hill

Using available light from the window, a young dentist gets to work on his patient in his Yangshuo clinic, in southern China. This photo was taken in February 1984, so I'm assuming the equipment (and the spittoon) has been updated. Ektachrome scan. © David Hill.