During the 1980's, as a meteorologist with the Air National Guard, I made 6 trips to South Korea to participate in a large annual military exercise called Team Spirit. Naturally my camera found itself aimed any railroad action I came across. Unfortunately my record-keeping was not up to its usual standards, as I did not write down locomotive numbers. Most of the pictures were taken from moving buses, so their quality is not the best.
Here a passenger train is heading for downtown Pusan.
20 Mar 1984
One sees many of these coal facilities - cars are unloaded by laborers wielding shovels.
Pusan, South Korea
20 Mar 1984
This shot of a passing coal train was taken from our bus, on the way from Taegu to Pusan.
20 Mar 1985
Note the crossing tender as #5011 passes.
20 Mar 1985
One coal train passes another.
20 Mar 1985
These little crossing-tender shanties were found all along the line.
20 Mar 1985
#4106 heads across a road in Taegu.
15 Mar 1986
#7164 with a passenger train at the Pusan main station. I rode this train from Pusan to Seoul.
30 Mar 1985
#7521 with a freight train
Pusan
30 Mar 1985
#4207 with a freight train
Pusan
30 Mar 1985
#3222 switches a coal yard in Pusan.
4 Apr 1988
#6215 with a passenger train tow passes a coal yard in Pusan.
4 Apr 1988
#3234
Pusan
4 Apr 1988