![]() Some of the best photos from that month are posted here. So I applied for and got special leave of two months, one month for threatened lines elsewhere and one solely for my favourite Cape branch - the Caledon line. Having used up my annual leave on the fruit season there was none left to do the rest of the line justice. It was already known that this was to be the last season handled by steam and by the end of 1976 diesels had taken over the Caledon line. But over all this joyous activity the storm clouds were gathering. Enthusiasts came from all over to see one of the last big shows in the western world. From early March to late May the deciduous fruit traffic roared to an impressive crescendo in April. The year kicked off with one of the best shows of the SAR 70s - the 1975 fruit season. ![]() ![]() For steam it was all downhill from there, and quite rapid. In the 120-year history of the steam locomotive in the Western Cape, 1975 was a watershed.
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