The crew perform a blowdown on this most photographed bridge, while the waves of the Indian Ocean break on the sand below.

This is the longest 2 foot guage line in South Africa and it is remarkable that it has survived to 2010. The NG15 was, together with the NGG16 Garratts, the standard motive power on this line unti... (more)

The sun has just risen on this photo special as she storms into the picture in the shadow of the red sandstone formations that dominate this area.

Reminiscent of regular operations in steam days, No. 3472 hauls her train trough the S-bend above Slabbers Station shortly after dawn. The tempreature was below 0 degrees centigrade.

The George-Knysa line had been declared the line for permanent steam operation by Transnet. This class 24 was one of the regular locomitives on this line. Sadly this line has not been re-opened ... (more)

This handsome engine, built in the early 1950s is being prepared to haul the return working of the Cherry Festival Special. Lighting provided by the headlights of a Subaru Forester, as the light ... (more)

The then recently rebuilt Red Devil arrives shortly after sunrise on a charter train comprised of a number of old SAR passenger coaches.

The pride of the Reefseamers stable drift downgrade past the Slabberts grain silos. Fortunately for the photographer, the firemen on both engines had turned on their mechanical stokers to prepare... (more)

Alco - built No 2056 pilots Class 15F No 3016 on a Steam Loco Safaris Special in the early Southern Hemisphere winter. The train was bound for Ficksburg. This deep valley was a favourite locatio... (more)

To the delight of the attending photographers, the sun made an appearance from an ominous sky, illuminating the special Reefsteamers train on the return journey from Ficksburg in the vivid greens ... (more)

Friends of the Rail's class 24 (No.3664) and class 19D (No.2650) combine to perform a runpast at Friends of the Rail's depot, in Pretoria. Class 15F No. 3117 waits patiently in the background for ... (more)

The hiss of cutting torches fills the air as scrappers cut the remains of a former SAR steam locomotive at the site of an open-air railroad museum near Krugersdorp, South Africa. The locomotive wa... (more)

Operated by Reefsteamers for Steam Loco Safaris, No 2056 pilots 25NC No 3472 on a train bound for Ficksburg.

This was Friends of the Rail's first train of the season, following the serious derailment of their 15F No 3117 near this spot in June. The first blush of the southern hemisphere spring is eviden... (more)

Alco built (1926) No 2056 pilots North British built (1954)class 25NC No 3472 in an early morning departure from Mount Morkel Siding with a train bound for Ficksburg