Some railway locations in South Africa have powerfully descriptive names. The Oudtshoorn - Klipplaat line has its share: 'Oven', 'Solitree', and 'Eensaam', the last name meaning 'Lonely' in Afrika... (more)

Laughing Waters dam was built by the South African Railways to supply water for locos at Willowmore on the Oudtshoorn-Klipplaat line. The steam is long gone and dam now supplies Willowmore. Here w... (more)