Thirty two driving wheels bite firmly into the 1 in 36 (2.7%) grade as a lash-up of double headed GO No. 2575 and GMAM No. 4128 power the 18 coach Union Limited tour train out of Jubilee on the Mo... (more)

GO No, 2575 on a Steam & Safaris (U.K.) charter freight performing a runpast at De Vlei on the Caledon line

Just half a kilometre to go, but the crew of this GMAM Garratt locomotive show no sign of letting up before reaching the summit of Montagu Pass. At this point the train is on a ledge some 250m abo... (more)

Some 444 combined years of South African railway history on the move! Back in 1997, two Class 7 Locomotives (built 1896 and 1901) head a Steam & Safaris (U.K.) charter train of vintage coaches (bu... (more)

Garratts Class GF No. 2401 4-6-2 + 2-6-4 and Class GO No. 2575 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 were often used in a regular pairing on Union Limited steam safaris. Returning to Cape Town from Bredasdorp and Caledon... (more)

My first visit to Zimbabwe! NRZ 16A No. 614 has had its fire cleaned and been watered at Mbalabala on the West Nicholson branch. I was to ride footplate on this engine for the next 35Km – perfec... (more)

South Africa's Union Limited tour train also ventured north into other African countries. The train is seen on its way to Zimbabwe's famous Victoria Falls. NRZ 15A No. 406 'Ikolo' is in charge (NR... (more)

GF No 2401 and GO No 2575 in charge of a Union Ltd. steam special in the Western Cape

South African preserved steam was strong in 2000. Spoornet, the national operator, had a heritage arm that marketed tours under the ‘Union Limited’ banner (The Union Limited was THE No.1 luxur... (more)

Kandelaars is some 10km south of Oudtshoorn. Normally the Cape Town - Port Elizabeth Premiere Class luxury train would have passed through in the dark, but a level-crossing accident the night befo... (more)

All steamed up and some place to go! Despite getting away late from Port Elizabeth, the Apple Express is now making good time on a "Geoff's Trains" three day tour charter to Patensie and Assegaaib... (more)

The once-weekly 10h25 Cape Town - East London passenger train passes a stand of arum lillies as it heads inland. After an overnight run (and three direction changes) the train will arrive in East ... (more)

RovosRail is a private luxury train operator that runs upmarket tours throughout South and Southern Africa. Here the "Pride of Africa" (a two day trip between Pretoria and Cape Town) is seen thre... (more)

40 Years on and still going strong! Introduced in 1969-70 the SAR Class 33s were the first major order of mainline diesels taken into service in South Africa. Here a trio of these battle-scarred v... (more)

South African passenger services went into a decline in the 1990's but are now on the rebound! Several luxury trains, marketed under the name "Premiere Class", run betwen major cities. Here the Ca... (more)