South African preserved steam was strong in 2000. Spoornet, the national operator, had a heritage arm that marketed tours under the ‘Union Limited’ banner (The Union Limited was THE No.1 luxur... (more)
QJ 7081 is westbound at sunrise on a bitterly cold morning east of Gulumanhan. This is one of two QJ 2-10-2s that was imported by RDC and has run on the Iowa Interstate Railroad several times.
God sure was in his heaven on this perfect Sunday evening. He showered all before him in shimmering gold and poor fools like me wanted to take it all home!