Durango & Silverton 480 with a mixed freight train working hard on the highline in Colorado … #trains #train #railway #Colorado | Dak Dillon Photography

Check out this authentic retro freight train leaving New Mexico that will charge up one of the steepest railroads in the United States. #railroads_of_our_world #railroads_of_the_usa #railroadhistory #railroadlife #railroad #railfanning #railfan #trb_rural #backroadstravel #backroad_travels #backroads #steamlocomotive #railfans_of_instagram #trainspotting #train_chasers #rollincoal #newmexicotrue #NewMexico #retrostyle #purenm #railway #retro #rail_barons #rsa_theyards #jj_theyards #daily_crossin

Let’s count the carriages! 210 of them, plus 2 locomotives. That’s one rolling giant — a 20,000-ton freight train stretching 2.6 km along the Datong-Qinhuangdao Railway, hauling coal from west to east. This 653 km line is less than 0.5% of China’s network, yet it carries 1/5 of the country’s rail coal. Cumulative freight? Over 9 billion tons, setting a global record for a single railway. #ChinaRailway #RailwayTime | China Railway