Author Clare Hammond's fixer waits for the train to leave a rural railway station in Rakhine State, Myanmar, in October 2016. (Clare Hammond via AP)
Author Clare Hammond travels south from Kachin State towards Mandalay, Myanmar, in November 2017. (Libby Burke Wilde via AP)
An employee steps into a diesel railcar on a railway connecting the Bawdwin mine in Myanmar's Shan State with the nearby town of Namtu in November 2016. (Clare Hammond via AP)
A train leaves Central Railway Station at dusk in Yangon, Myanmar, in November 2017. (Libby Burke Wilde via AP)