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