Once a stronghold of steam power, the Kimberley to Bloemfontein mainline once again welcomed an old companion—the mighty Class 25NC No. 3437—on a picturesque Friday afternoon, captured here in the golden light just outside Perdeberg.

This moment was taken during a Farrail Tour to South Africa, operated by the New Cape Central Railway.

Perdeberg, Free State
July 2024

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An another set from the March 2012, 368 chase.
Waking up at 2 a.m and doing the 2h30 drive toward Garneau Yard put us a bit before 368's calling time. Snow melting from the earlier rain made some interesting night shot as the fog slowly started surrounding everything.
368's crew are homeward-bound today, ready to attack their 161-mile long run over the tortuous Lac St-Jean subdivision. A quick stop at the yard office to grab their paperworks from the night yardmaster and they throttle up into the night bound for the north end of the yard and ready to start their triple over.
In less than an hour, the familiar tone of the Lac St-Jean subdivision dispatcher will echo over the radio, and 368's conductor will ask for a northbound OCS clearance back home, wish including a meet with M369 at Hegadorn, 77 miles distant from here.

The chase is on.

CN Garneau Yard
Milepost 40.3 Joliette subdivision
St-Georges-de-Champlain,QC
March 12th 2012

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Caltrain F40PH-2C #922 gazes out beyond the platform at San Francisco, for one of the last times in its career. It is the evening of September 20, 2024, and just hours from now Caltrain service between San Jose and San Francisco will be operated entirely by Stadler KISS Electric Multiple Units. 922 is about to lead train 132 out of the station, which was advertised by the railroad as the final F40/Gallery car train set to be operated out of San Francisco before the electric takeover. In reality, there were two more late-night trains with such a consist, but a large crowd of railfans came out to ride this "last run". Though the 922 will be kept on the Caltrain roster for the time being to operate non-electrified services between Gilroy and San Jose, this would be one if its final views of the city it served well for over two decades.

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The summit of Cima, on the former Los Angeles, San Pedro & Salt Lake Railroad, through the outer Mojave desert of California has been conquered.

From this point on until the dried wash of the Mojave River, a steady downward run will this westbound encounter.

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A westbound Kyle train approaches Ruleton Kansas lead by two Utah Mk50-3's.

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