Ignite my passion and beyond part 4 : The Last Railway in Singapore

The railway’s beginnings can be traced back to the Singapore-Kranji Railway which started service in 1903 providing a link from the north down to the terminal station in Tank Road. A ferry service was introduced which provided rail passengers with a link to the Johor Railway across the Straits of Johor which was replaced by the rail link across the Causeway when that was built. It was a railway deviation in 1932 that diverted the railway to its current terminal at Tanjong Pagar, cutting a path through from Bukit Timah deviating from its original route over towards Ulu Pandan, Buona Vista, Tanglin Halt, towards the new grand terminal built to provide Singapore with a station that was befitting of its economic importance. Beside the grand old station, it was this deviation that possibly provided us with the many structures that give the areas through which the railway passes through a unique flavour as well as helping preserving parts of old Singapore: the two distinctive black truss bridges across Bukit Timah Road; the girder bridges across at the road entrance to Bukit Timah Hill and at the entrance to Hillview Avenue; the quaint old station at Bukit Timah and the wonderful green corridor that has been maintained along much of the railway land.

Here are the last moments that Singapore once stood by with trains running along the concrete jungle. Many bloggers, photographers, video enthusiasts and the media, stand it's final week on witnessing the very few last departure that made traveling up to Malaysia an approach to tourist from the heart of the city. 

My compilations that made me teared up while making this. It was a very short fulfilling journey of my hobby here. But it seems that traveling up elsewhere or overseas is my best solution to continue my passion elsewhere. 

An eye to eye. Catchy feeling

One of my rarest and the only photo I manage to capture at this favorable curve.

 Zoom at it's focal end

Station master standing bravely while handing the token

Reaching to one of it's siding before another train passes

Cleared to process onto the mainline

 It's a slow incline slope towards the station. Which makes some chugging out lot's of thick black smoke especially on this model; YDM4

Frankly, this is the last I seen throughout my days

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Ignite my passion and beyond Part 3 : Trainspotting in Singapore

In this vast City jungle pack of Singapore, there's not may found about true wonders of trainspotting. But what does "trainspotting" really means? The definition of it simply complies of observing trains and logging the numbers. Generally involves standing around in any weather, watching the tracks.

Shot more than 4 years ago, ranging places of Sungei Kadut, Stagmont Ring, Ten Mile Junction and a few other places in Singapore, they are attracted among Singaporeans here by their roaring sounds of locomotive. Well it was great back then before everything taken away because of urbanization. What's left are just fond memories of my video capture.

Ten mile junction use to be railway crossing

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. YDM4 runs parallel along two side service tracks while ending it's journey from the Malay Peninsula

 Sungei Kadut Railway Crossing. Any moments from here use to be a clean capture of the train bending on it's corners

A rare gem to see nowadays. Seen here train moving along up and down the tracks on the left using a shared system on a daily basis. Middle and right are use for yard and shunting. 

Being a trainspotter means safety is adhere at all times. Standing at a safe distance away. Armed with our standard or telephoto zoom lense, we're able to capture the train presence when it passes by. 

"Blue Tiger" class 26 awaiting at Bukit Timah railway station for crossing in the morning with a Northbound train.

How about something blue perhaps? Class 29 from Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company. Primarily these loco is being tasked for freight trains but now it's being mixed with shuttle and express services when they being called up for duty

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