The Far East and Australia
In China, the last great bastion of steam, the mighty QJ class 2-10-0s are seen hauling freights. Additional footage takes in steam in Japan and German built rack locos at work in Indonesia. Australia provides intensive steam workings on broad gauge lines.
'World Steam' Series
As steam was gradually eliminated from everyday service around the world in the second half of the last century, a literally world-wide phenomenon took hold which reflected the enormous affection in which this most emotive of machines was held.
Firstly steam enthusiasts and film makers set out to record the last workings of steam traction in increasingly obscure corners of the planet. Allied to this was the desire to preserve, restore and operate examples of steam locomotives, wherever possible. This series reflects these trends with colour footage of both survivors at work and preserved engines in all their glory, across the continents.