The Yinghao Coal Mine Railway in China was built in 1962.

To a gauge of 762mm, it ran 9.8 km between the loco shed in Yinghao Meikuang through Xiangyang Chezhan to Yinghao.

There was a junction at Xiangyang Chezhan where the line drops down to the mine and coal loading facilities at Liangjiawajing.

The Xingyang Brickworks Railway is 15 km west of Zhengzhou in Henan Province in China.

The line is 762mm gauge, approximately 5km long and is worked by two C2 0-8-0 steam locos.

Set in an almost tropical part of China, the Jiayang Coal Railway is well worth a visit.

The line climbs steeply to the 'half-way' point at Mifengyan, where the trains reverse before continuing the climb to Huangcunjin.

 It's that time – looking back across an old year done and wondering what the next will bring.  So I’ve been looking back across the crop of railway pictures I took in 2008.