Alco-build No 2056 powers her train upgrade from Fickburg towards Ionia Siding with a train of fuel tankers.

Ingew Municipalities Class 19D works a short passenger train towards Riverside. The aloes, for which this area is famous have just started to bloom.

During the 1930 the class 23s with their outsized tenders (9500 gallons) worked this arrid line. They were succeeded in the 1950s by the ultimate SAR steam locomotive, the Class 25 Condensing loc... (more)

The GEA Garratt locomotives were the regular motive power on this specatcular pass until the mid-1970s. The Indian Ocean can be seen in the background.

This engine was the only 25NC that was fitted with a double Lempor exhaust. She is seen storming past a rather handsome classic SAR semphore signal.

The sun has just risen on these two preserved greyhounds as they head a freight train south to De Aar during the 1991 Steam Festival. These were passenger engines reputed to be capable of 70mph o... (more)

A Steam Loco Safaris charter passes some traditional Zulu huts and a display of aloes on the steep climb to Donnybrook.

This modern 4-8-4, built in the early 1950s powers her train into Fouriesburg Station on a cold winters morning

Glinting in the last rays of the sun, the Sekonyela koppie on the left, No 3472 hurries her train towards Vailima Siding on Sandstone Estates

Most South African Railways steam locomotives were painted black. 3016 was an exception. She was painted dark blue in the early 1990s and Reefsteamers continues to operate her in this colour. H... (more)

The Fireman, and Chairman of Friends of the Rail cleans the fire of No 3664 on a cold winter's morning.

This locomotive, known as a "Kalahari" to SAR crews crosses the bridge over the Van Stadens River Gorge with a train chartered by Goeff's Trains. She made this crossing many times during normal s... (more)

Built by Alco in 1926, these venerable engines survived to the end of steam in South Africa. They were very sure-footed making them suitable for heavy shunting. Reefsteamers operates this exampl... (more)

Although it was four years after regular steam operations ended on the Kimberley-De Aar line, a then sympathetic Railway Administration allowed the occasional freight to be worked by preserved ste... (more)

Typical of suburban workings of days gone by, this train approaches the diamond town of Cullinan. The vehicle behind the engine is a cooler van. Water from the tanks on the roof was run slowly d... (more)