empires

Trains Magazine - May 2000
"Empires of Steam dishes up some of the most beautiful footage of steam ever committed to film... The images of billowing steam in the arctic chill are nothing short of amazing... This is a broadcast-quality production, and is certainly worth a look, especially for those interested in witnessing big steam make its final stand on the world stage."

Take a journey into the windswept deserts of India and the cold frontiers of Northeastern China for a rare last glimpse of powerful steam trains that have managed to survive on the fringes of Asia's railway empires. This onetime "king of transportation" is riding on the brink of extinction - its last outposts now in the most remote areas of China and India.

EMPIRES OF STEAM explores the largest and most exotic centers of steam railway activity left anywhere in the world. Brilliant cinematography documents this closing chapter of the world's last great steam railway empires and the colorful people who still populate these remote regions.

--Running Time: 50 minutes--

Digitally Mastered, Narrated, Color, Stereo