Sitting idle in the small coastal town of Coos Bay, OR during a calm, rainy evening, CBRL 2439 an EMD GP30 needs to have its main generator repaired before it can haul freight again for its owner.

It's dry and windy in the Little Karoo Desert, so many farms have wind driven pumps. A class 19C 4-8-2 passes by one on the line from Oudtshoorn to Klipplaat. The wind is blowing the smoke ahead... (more)