In March 1964 the US decided to reequip all RVNAF fighter squadrons with A-1 Skyraiders. It embarked on a plan to reequip with jet aircraft. The Third US Army used them to reequip towed battalions. The Burlington decided in 1955 to reequip the train with more conventional non-articulated equipment. Cane returned to Grahamstown to reequip, bringing Farewell's ill-fated overland journey to a close.