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	15th Class #387 at 404 Curve (Entuba) with the 1400hrs Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight - July 1990. 404 Curve so named after the fatal accident, when #404 came off the track
	15th Class #389 at Baobab Bridge, just outside Thompson Junction, with the 1400hrs Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight - July 1990. The baobab tree is just visible above the smoke in the top right hand corner.
	15th Class #397 struggling up through Entuba with the 0650hrs Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight - July 1990
	15th Class #406 climbing Zanguja Bank with the 0650hrs Thompson Junction - Victoria Falls freight - July 1990
	15th Class #415 storming through Deker Siding with the overnight Bulawayo - Victoria Falls passenger train. This shot was only possible if the train was seriously behind time - July 1990
	15th Class #415 climbing Zanguja Bank with the overnight Bulawayo - Victoria Falls passenger train about an hour or so after the shot at Deker Siding (above) - July 1990
	15th Class #418 near Deker Siding with the 1150hrs Thompson Junction - Victoria Falls freight - July 1990
	15th Class #419 departing Leighwoods with the 1400hrs Bulawayo - Lobatsi passenger train. #419 is painted blue - July 1990
	15th Class #423 at Baobab Curve with the 0745hrs Thompson Junction - Bulawayo - July 1990
	15th Class #423 near Entuba with an afternoon Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight - July 1990. The train has just entered the boundary of the XXXXX Wildlife Park - caution necessary!
	16th Class #615 at Bushtik with a Colleen Brawn - Bulawayo freight - July 1990
	14th Class #522 storming up Mulungwane Bank on the West Nicholson Branch - July 1990
	15th Class plodding through Entuba with a late afternoon Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight - July 1990
	15th Class near Deker with the 0659hrs Thompson Junction - Victoria Falls freight, leaving a beautiful smoke trail in the crisp early morning air - July 1990
	15th Class climbing Zanguja Bank with the 0650hrs Thompson Junction - Victoria Falls freight - July 1990
	20th Class #746 at Christine's Curve (don't ask me how it got its name!!) with the 1600hrs Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight - July 1990
	Same train, minutes later just round the corner! 20th Class #736 at Baobab Bridge with an afternoon Thompson Junction - Bulawayo freight. By this time operational 20th Class were a bit thin on the ground - July 1990
	20th Class #749 in steam in Bulawayo mpd - July 1990
	20th Class #743 under repair at Zeco Workshops (Bulawayo), where all major steam overhauls were undertaken - July 1990

Paul Marshall

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