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11 Glorious Years (24^th Aug 06) 
Illustrated Features:
    Ambarawa Railway Museum
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    Huanan Coal Railway (Part 1)
    Huanan Coal Railway (Part 2)
    Java Sugar Centenarians
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    New Zealand
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    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 (30^th Mar 08)
    Xingyang Brickworks Railway
    Yinghao Coal Railway
Lifestyle Statements
    Climb Every Mountain
    House in the Country (30^th Nov 07)
    Luxury Irrawaddy River Cruise
    Another Luxury Irrawaddy Cruise
    Far from the Madding Crowd
    A Day in the Life

Latest Major Stories

YouTube Selection (updated 11^th July 2008)

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

Guest Steam Video Clip (latest upload 9^th July 2008)

Railway Museums Worldwide (updated 21^st June  2008)

Last call for the Steamy Java 2008 Tour (updated 8^th June 2008)

Scrapping at Millsite (3^rd June 2008)

Real steam in Cuba (updated 2^nd June 2008)

Narrow Gauge Steam Railways Worldwide (updated 1^st June 2008)

International Steam Book Reviews (latest review 25^th May 2008)

Shibanxi Heaven DVD reviewed (25^th May 2008)

Sweet Spot DVD reviewed (25^th May 2008)

Olean - the Sleeping Beauty (23^rd May 2008)

All Change at Tasik Madu (23^rd May 2008)

Java sugar steam 2008 (prospects 23^rd May 2008)

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

News from Zimbabwe (updated 17^th April 2008)

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

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

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

Shibanxi Gold (15^th March 2008)

Tipong Colliery 2008 (25^th February 2008)

Stationary Steam in India (25^th February 2008)

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

Shibanxi Heaven DVD released (24^th December 2007)

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

Myanmar steams on (updated 23^rd July 2007)

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

Working Steam in India (23^rd May 2007)

Paraguayan renaissance (updated 25^th April 2007)

Real steam in Pakistan (updated 12^th March 2007)

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

Privatisation sidelines Kenyan steam (updated 15^th January 2007)

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

Please consult the main news index for minor additions.

If you are narrow minded then
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 "Real Steam in Java 2008"?

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(28th May 2008)

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Africa
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Europe
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   Fireless Locos (2^nd Jun 08)

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

Australia
Steam in Australia 2006 (27^th Sep 07)

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

Sweet Spot
The Ultimate
 Sugar Steam DVD
Read  Keith Chester's Review

Shibanxi Heaven
The World's Last Real Steam 
Narrow Gauge Passenger Train
on DVD
Read  Keith Chester's Review

Logging Off
The Ultimate Chinese
Forestry Railway DVD
Read  Keith Chester's Review

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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Gula Java

The historic sugar mills of Java :

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