International Working Steam Locomotives 2008

I shall be away in Java from 10th to 28th May 2008, doing a 'recce' for the
Steamy Java 2008 tour
which has just 5 places still available, 
consequently there will be no updates during this period. 

We are looking to let out our 3 bedroom apartment in Beijing during the summer Olympics.
Click here for more details. Rob Dickinson, 23rd March 2008.


 

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YouTube Selection (25th Feb 08)
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Stationary Steam Engines 
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Book Reviews (26th Jul 07)
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Illustrated Features:
    Ambarawa Railway Museum
    Burma Mines Railway
    Cambodian Steam
    Hejaz Railway
    Eritrea Steam
    Fegua (Guatemala)
    Huanan Coal Railway (Part 1)
    Huanan Coal Railway (Part 2)
    Java Sugar Centenarians
    Java Stationary Steam Engines
    Nanpiao Mining Railway
    New Zealand
    North Korea
    Romanian Forestry Steam
    Shanhetun Forestry Railway
    Shaoxing Iron Ore Railway
    Shibanxi Coal Railway (Part 1)
    Shibanxi Coal Railway (Part 2)
    Shibanxi Coal Railway (Part 3)
    Shibanxi Coal Railway (Part 4)
    Shibanxi Coal Railway (Part 5)
    Steam in Sabah

    Steamy Burma Days
    Tipong Colliery Railway 2004
    Tipong Colliery Railway 2008
    Weihe Forestry Railway 2002
    Weihe Forestry Railway 2003
    Weihe Remembered (30th Mar 08)
    Xingyang Brickworks Railway
    Yinghao Coal Railway
Lifestyle Statements
    Climb Every Mountain
    House in the Country (30th Nov 07)
   
Luxury Irrawaddy River Cruise
    Another Luxury Irrawaddy Cruise
    Far from the Madding Crowd
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Latest Major Stories

Java sugar steam 2008 (prospects 9th May 2008)

Guest Steam Video Clip (latest upload 9th May 2008)

Steamy Java 2008 Tour (Updated 8th May 2008)

Guest Steam Video Clip (latest upload 24th April 2008)

Narrow Gauge Steam Railways Worldwide (updated 18th April 2008)

(Railway) Travellers' Tales (latest upload 18th April 2007)

News from Zimbabwe (updated 17th April 2008)

Angola steam survivors.... (updated 9th April 2008)

5 Years on... (Weihe Remembered) (updated 30th March 2008)

Not quite all over at Darjeeling? (updated 26th March 2008)

Railway Museums Worldwide (updated 18th March 2008)

Real steam in Cuba (updated 17th March 2008)

Shibanxi Gold (15th March 2008)

Tipong Colliery 2008 (25th February 2008)

Stationary Steam in India (25th February 2008)

Bad Eggs - the smell sticks.... (Globe Steam update 25th February 2008)

YouTube Selection (updated 25th February 2008)

Shibanxi Heaven DVD released (24th December 2007)

The Greatest Steam Show on Earth (24th November 2007)

Myanmar steams on (updated 23rd July 2007)

Sweet Spot released - the ultimate Java sugar DVD (6th June 2007)

Copyright notice (3rd June 2007)

Working Steam in India (23rd May 2007)

Paraguayan renaissance (updated 25th April 2007)

Real steam in Pakistan (updated 12th March 2007)

International Steam Books Relaunched (28th February 2007)

Temples of Steam 2007 - Myanmar's rice mills (26th February 2007)

Privatisation sidelines Kenyan steam (updated 15th January 2007)

Indian Broad Gauge Garratt steams again (updated 9th December 2006)

Steam on 3 Gauges to celebrate DHR 125 (updated 8th November 2006) 

Steam Locomotive Development - Porta papers (31st October 2006)

Logging Off Chinese Forestry Railway DVD reviewed (27th April 2006)

Please consult the main news index for minor additions.

 

If you are broad minded then
why not check out
 "International Working Stationary Steam Engines"?

What were we doing
  "Getting Hammered in India"
in January 2008?

A video clip is now available.
(Added 2nd March 2008)

Country Index

Asia (east)
   Cambodia (13th Apr 08)
   China (15th Apr 08)
   Cook Islands (7th Jun 03)
   Fiji (21st Oct 97)
   Indonesia (15th May 08)
   Japan (16th Jan 02)
   Laos (2nd Jan 04)
   Malaysia (17th Jan 08)
   Mongolia (24th Aug 07)
   Myanmar (26th Nov 07)
   New Caledonia (29th Nov 98)
   North Korea (18th Mar 06)
   Philippines (14th Apr 07)
   Taiwan (27th Jul 07)
   Thailand (13th Apr 08)
   Vietnam (13th Apr 08)

Asia (west) 
   Afghanistan (2nd Sep 05)
   Bangladesh (24th Apr 05)
   India (17th Mar 08)
   Iran (23rd Jul 07)
   Iraq (2nd Aug 07)
   Jordan (30th Oct 07)
   Kazakhstan (8th Oct 05)
   Nepal (30th Mar 08)
   Pakistan (27th Oct 07)
   Russia (31st Dec 07)
   Saudi Arabia (30th Oct 07)
   Sri Lanka (22nd Jan 08)
   Syria (30th Oct 07)
   Uzbekistan (10th Dec 07)

Africa
   Angola (9th Apr 08)
   Benin (18th Aug 07)
   Botswana (12th Sep 07)
   Burkina Faso (29th May 07)
   Cameroon (9th Mar 06)
   Congo(DR) (29th Jun 07)
   Eritrea (27th Feb 08)
   Ethiopia (29th Feb 08)
   Ghana (29th Feb 08)
   Ivory Coast (29th Feb 08)
   Kenya (15thJan 07)
   Liberia (27th Apr 07)
   Madagascar (30th Jun 07)
   Malawi (9th Jan 08)
   Mali (29th Feb 08)
   Mauritius (10th May 08)
   Mocambique (21st Jan 08)
   Morocco (11th Mar 03)
   Nigeria (29th Feb 08)
   Senegal (29th Feb 08)
   Sierra Leone (23rd May 05)
   South Africa (31st Oct 07)
   Sudan (23rd Apr 08)
   Tanzania (21st Jan 08)
   Togo (29th Feb 08)
   Zambia (17th Apr 08)
   Zimbabwe (17th Apr 08)

The Americas
   Argentina (18th Oct 07)
   Bermuda (9th May 08)
   Bolivia (5th Mar 08)
   Brazil (9th Dec 06)
   Chile (26th Mar 08)
   Colombia (3rd Mar 07)
   Costa Rica (7th Nov 05)
   Cuba (18th Apr 08
   Ecuador (30th Nov 07)
   El Salvador (27th Mar 02)
   French Guyana (7th Dec 07)
   Guatemala (4th Aug 07)
   Panama (16th May 07)
   Paraguay (25th Apr 07)
   Peru (29th Jun 07)
   Surinam (21st Mar 05)
   South Georgia (14th Oct 07)
   Uruguay (3rd Aug 07)

Europe
   Albania (24th May 07)
   Bosnia (11th Mar 08)
   Cyprus (9th Dec 06)
   Czech Republic (9th May 06)
   Finland (22nd Aug 07)
   Georgia (8th Oct 05)
   Germany (2nd Sep 07)
   Kosovo (2nd Apr 07)
   Latvia (4th Aug 07)
   Lithuania (9th Aug 07)
   Macedonia (24th May 07)
   Moldova (24th May 07)
   Montenegro (24th May 07)
   Norway (31st Aug 07)
   Poland (10th Jun 01)
   Romania (27th Oct 07)
   Serbia (19th Dec 07)
   Slovakia (23rd Aug 01)
   Slovenia (18th Mar 08)
   Turkey (12th Sep 07)
   Ukraine (7th Nov 05)
   Plandampf (3rd Aug 07)
   Fireless Locos (8th May 08)

Australasia (9th Jan 08) - An introduction and links to sites

Australia
Steam in Australia 2006 (27th Sep 07)

New Zealand
Operational steam in New Zealand (20th Feb 2006)
Introduction to New Zealand mainline steam (14th May 2002)


It's 10 seconds to midnight for Real Steam all over the world. I believe the following is the short list of countries where there is traditional revenue earning steam and, in most cases, the amount is very small, usually industrial and may be even seasonal. I don't believe that the numbers run to double figures anywhere except China and Indonesia:

Asia: China (industrial/provincial railways), India, Indonesia (seasonal industrial), Myanmar, North Korea (marginal), Pakistan, Russia

Africa: Botswana (industrial), South Africa (industrial), Zimbabwe

Americas: Brazil (industrial), Paraguay (definitely!)

Europe: Bosnia (industrial), Czech Republic (industrial fireless), Germany (industrial fireless),  Kosovo (industrial), PolandRomania (industrial), Serbia (industrial), Slovenia (industrial fireless)


Similarly several steam video/DVD producers now support these steam pages by advertising here. Again, if you contact them, please mention where you saw the ad.  Thanks! And if you want to advertise your videos here, get in touch, my rates are excellent value.

Please do not embarrass me by asking to recommend a particular video of say China or Cuba. Instead, contact the advertiser and ask them to provide email addresses of satisfied customers. A limited number of video/DVD reviews are available (latest addition 27th April 2006).

Sweet Spot
The Ultimate
 Sugar Steam DVD

Shibanxi Heaven
The World's Last Real Steam 
Narrow Gauge Passenger Train
on DVD

Logging Off
The Ultimate Chinese
Forestry Railway DVD
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International Steam DVDs/Videos
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Digital Railway Videos

Images of Rail Windows Picture CD-ROMs (Click here for reviews)

Tiger Steam

Steam in the Orient

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Zafra

The definitive account of sugar steam in Cuba :

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Sweet Dreams

20 years of steam in Java's Sugar Mills :

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Incredible Indonesia

The glory days of the 'Iron Dinosaurs' :

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Safari Steam

African steam when it was real :

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Another Picture CD-ROM

Gula Java

The historic sugar mills of Java :

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