15AR 2100 gleams in the early morning sun. The external appearance demonstrates the pride that loco crews often had of their charges during the days of steam.
There is, or was, nothing to match the atmosphere of a working steam shed. Here a 12R and 12A rest outside the shed at Germiston.
Class 24 3622 heads the 06.55 George - Knysna goods. This popular railway was designated as a Heritage Museum Line in 1991, but catastrophic flooding in 2006 and 2007 put paid to this, hopefully n... (more)
Class 23 3300 heads the Burgersdorp - Bloemfontein leg of the Steam Safari railtour, somewhere north of Burgersdorp. This loco is now preserved.
14R 1904 heads a northbound goods.
South African branch line GMA Garratt takes on water at Koloniesplass
An unidentified class 25 condenser heads a goods from Bloemfontein. The semaphores, signal cabin and of course, steam, have long since disappeared from this scene.
19D 2683 leaves Sannaspos with the 04.00 Zastron - Bloemfontein goods.
An unidentified class 23 shunts the 09.38 Bloemfontein - Modderpoort goods.
North British built 15CA 2824 rests between duties.
Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)