This ex SAR Garratt locomotive of the GMAM class is still a mystery to me to this day. It appears to have been very recently repainted in a light blue livery and does not bear any number or plate ... (more)

Landau Colliery No.2, a 12A built for industrial use, works a train from Landau Colliery.

Tweefontein Colliery operated a number of ex SAR GMAM garratts on their system until the mid-1990s. It was common practice to propel 2000 ton air-braked trains to Minnaar Siding on the Witbank-Ge... (more)

American power in South Africa. The steam locomotives class 15CA have been built by ALCO in 1926. One of these engines is undergoing a small reparation in the Witbank shed before returning to work... (more)

The Witbank colliery operated 12A class locomotives that were similar to the SAR ones with one difference. They had saturated steam boilers. The locomotives were purchased new for different collie... (more)

Here comes a quiz for the RP.net South African members and contributors! I was taking pictures of the Witbank Collieries steam locomotives when this blue GMAM Garratt came along. It looks like the... (more)

I was taking pictures of the Witbank Collieries steam locomotives when this steam dinosaur came along. I believe that it is a Dubs class A ex SAR locomotive that has been built around 1888. I also... (more)

Fire and ash pan cleaning, friends of the rail's 19D on a late winter morning

Friends of the rail classes 24 and 19D double heading into Witbank

19D 2650 on its way to pick up friends and family of the road runners running to Middelburg against the train