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Narrow Gauge Steam (11th Aug 09)
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Guest Steam Video Clip
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YouTube Selection (10th Sep 09)
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Modern Developments
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Steam Tours 2009
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Scheduled Steam (17th Mar 06)
13 Glorious Years (16th Oct 08) 
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)
    A month in Java, 1976
    Java Stationary Steam Engines
    Nanpiao Mining Railway
    North Korea
    Romanian Forestry Steam
    Shanhetun Forestry 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 2001
    Steamy Burma Days
    Tipong Colliery Railway 2004
    Tipong Colliery Railway 2008
    Weihe Forestry Railway 2002
    Weihe Forestry Railway 2003
    Weihe Remembered
    Xingyang Brickworks Railway 2004
    Xingyang Brickworks Railway 2008
      (22nd Dec 08)
    Yinghao Coal Railway
Lifestyle Statements
    Climb Every Mountain
    Going Back, Penang 2009
      (7th Nov 09)
    Golden Land 2009, Part I
      (1st Mar 09)
    Golden Land 2009, Part II
      (7th Nov 09)
    House in the Country (6th Sep 09)
    Luxury Irrawaddy River Cruise
    Another Luxury Irrawaddy Cruise
    Far from the Madding Crowd
    A Day in the Life
    Shibanxi Holiday 2009 (25th Jun 09)
    Steamy Java Tour 2008 People

Latest Major Stories

Railway Museums Worldwide (updated 8th November 2009)

Those were the days... (Java sugar index) (final upload 26th September 2009)

Guest Steam Video Clip (latest upload 26th September 2009)

YouTube Selection (updated 10th September 2009)

News from Zimbabwe (updated 3rd September 2009)

Java sugar steam 2009 (updated 2nd September 2009)

Railway Museums Worldwide (updated 26th August 2009)

Real Steam in South America (25th August 2009)

(Railway) Travellers' Tales (latest addition 16th August 2009)

Narrow Gauge Steam Railways Worldwide (updated 11th August 2009)

Real steam in India (23rd July 2009)

Bad Eggs - the smell sticks.... (Globe Steam - updated, 10th July 2009)

Xingyang Brickworks Railway (updated 29th June 2009)

Shibanxi Holiday 2009 (final update 25th June 2009)

Trains Unlimited Tours (updated 4th May 2009)

Steam in Ecuador 2009 and beyond (updated 18th April 2009)

International Steam Book Reviews (latest review 12th March 2009)

Gloomy Italian Steam News (updated 4th March 2009)

Angola steam survivors.... (updated 24th December 2008)

A month in Java, 1976 (21st November 2008)

The Greatest Steam Show on Earth (updated 15th November 2008)

Myanmar ends steams (updated 22nd August 2008)

Wolsztyn bites the Dust? (updated 9th July 2008)

Scrapping at Millsite (3rd June 2008)

Real steam in Cuba (updated 2nd June 2008)

Shibanxi Heaven DVD reviewed (25th May 2008)

Sweet Spot DVD reviewed (25th May 2008)

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

Tipong Colliery 2008 (25th February 2008)

Please consult the main news index for minor additions.

The Tipong Colliery Railway

Black Diamond Express DVD

Xingyang Brickworks Railway

Yinghao Coal Railway

Battlefield Heroes DVD 

Country Index

Asia (east)
   Cambodia (13th Apr 08)
   China (29th Jun 09)
   Cook Islands (7th Jun 03)
   Fiji (21st Oct 97)
   Indonesia (19th Sep 09)
   Japan (16th Jan 02)
   Laos (2nd Jan 04)
   Malaysia (17th Jun 09)
   Mongolia (2nd Dec 08)
   Myanmar (20th May 09)
   New Caledonia (29th Nov 98)
   North Korea (18th Mar 06)
   Philippines (26th May 08)
   South Korea (3rd Dec 08)
   Taiwan (27th Jul 07)
   Thailand (25th Jul 09)
   Vietnam (13th Apr 08)

Asia (west) 
   Afghanistan (2nd Sep 05)
   Bangladesh (24th Apr 05)
   India (7th Nov 09)
   Iran (23rd Jul 07)
   Iraq (2nd Aug 07)
   Jordan (30th Oct 07)
   Kazakhstan (8th Oct 05)
   Nepal (30th Mar 08)
   Pakistan (9th Apr 09)
   Russia (24th Dec 08)
   Saudi Arabia (30th Dec 08)
   Sri Lanka (8th Nov 09)
   Syria (4th Jul 09)
   Tajikistan (14th Aug 08)
   Uzbekistan (10th Dec 07)

Africa
   Angola (31st Dec 08)
   Benin (9th Jun 08)
   Botswana (16th Jul 09)
   Burkina Faso (9th Jul 09)
   Cameroon (9th Mar 06)
   Congo (DR) (29th Jun 07)
   Egypt (28th Mar 09)
   Eritrea (6th Apr 09)
   Ethiopia (3rd Dec 08)
   Ghana (24th May 08)
   Ivory Coast (15th Jun 08)
   Kenya (14th Mar 09)
   Liberia (27th Apr 07)
   Madagascar (30th Jun 07)
   Malawi (9th Jan 08)
   Mali (10th Jun 08)
   Mauritius (10th May 08)
   Mocambique (4th May 09)
   Morocco (11th Mar 03)
   Nigeria (15th Jun 08)
   Reunion (3rd Dec 08)
   São Tomé (17th Mar 09)
   Senegal (29th Feb 08)
   Sierra Leone (3rd Dec 08)
   South Africa (10th Sep 09)
   Sudan (23rd Apr 08)
   Tanzania (21st Jan 08)
   Togo (29th Feb 08)
   Zambia (5th Jul 09)
   Zimbabwe (3rd Sep 09)

The Americas
   Argentina (23rd Aug 09)
   Bermuda (9th May 08)
   Bolivia (5th Mar 08)
   Brazil (4th Sep 09)
   Chile (16th Aug 09)
   Colombia (4th Sep 09)
   Costa Rica (7th Nov 05)
   Cuba (3rd May 09) 
   Ecuador (18th Apr 09)
   El Salvador (27th Mar 02)
   French Guyana (7th Dec 07)
   Guatemala (4th Aug 07)
   Martinique (20th May 09)
   Mexico (23rd Jul 09)
   Panama (23rd Apr 09)
   Paraguay (23rd Aug 09)
   Peru (23rd Apr 09)
   Puerto Rico (8th Sep 09)
   South Georgia (14th Oct 07)
   Surinam (21st Mar 05)
   Uruguay (6th Mar 09)

Europe
   Albania (21st Jun 08)
   Armenia (1st Sep 08)
   Azerbaijan (21st Jun 08)
   Azores (16th Oct 08)
   Belarus (30th Nov 08)
   Bosnia (6th Mar 09)
   Cyprus (28th Mar 09)
   Czech Republic (9th May 06)
   Finland (22nd Aug 07)
   Georgia (8th Oct 05)
   Germany (1st Dec 08)
   Hungary (14th Aug 08)
   Iceland (14th Aug 08)
   Italy (17th Jun 09)
   Kosovo (14th Nov 08)
   Latvia (25th Jul 09)
   Lithuania (26th Sep 09)
   Macedonia (14th Nov 08)
   Moldova (24th May 07)
   Montenegro (4th Oct 08)
   Norway (31st Aug 07)
   Poland (7th Jan 09)
   Portugal (14th Mar 09)
   Romania (30th May 09)
   Serbia (30th May 09)
   Slovakia (24th Dec 08)
   Slovenia (18th Mar 08)
   Spain (23rd Apr 09)
   Switzerland (6th Mar 09)
   Turkey (31st Aug 09)
   Ukraine (7th Nov 05)
   Plandampf (10th Jan 09)
   Fireless Locos (2nd Jun 08)

Australasia (2nd Sep 2009) - An introduction and links to sites

Australia
Steam in Australia 2009 (27th Jul 2009)

New Zealand
Operational steam in New Zealand (11th Jul 2009)
Introduction to New Zealand mainline steam (14th May 2002)

If you are narrow minded then
why not check out
 "Real Steam in Java 2009"?

Find out more about this DVD.
(28th May 2008)


It's 2 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), North Korea (marginal), Pakistan

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

Americas: Brazil (industrial), Paraguay (definitely, but not much longer)

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


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