The sun is setting as the two standard mainline engines of South Africa, a 15F 4-8-2 and a 25NC 4-8-4 team up to haul our heavy tour train towards Bethlehem, on the old Bloemfontein to Bethlehem m... (more)
It's unlikely that this Zulu family has ever seen a GMAM Garratt before. Thirty three years after steam ended in Natal, it has returned to its old stomping grounds on the steeply graded Durban to... (more)
African sunset. Last light refects off the side of a preserved SAR 2-foot gauge Garratt on the Sandstone Estates private railway. Amazingly this little Garratt was built in 1968!
The first shot of the day would often be at Slabberts, as the eastbound overnight passenger would arrive just about at sunrise. It's still true 20 years later, although today the train is westbou... (more)
25NC No. 3472 attacks the 2% grade westbound from Slabberts, in this recreation of a classic 13 car passenger train, as pulled by these magnificent Northerns until steam ended in 1987.
A perfect recreation of the way I remember this line in 1983. The 25NC's handled both freight and passenger between Bethlehem and Bloemfontein over this scenic line with many 2 percent grades in ... (more)
A GMAM Garratt heads a special mixed train on the steeply graded Natal line that started as a through route from Durban to Capetown, but was never completed due to the rough country. The countrys... (more)
As the sun sets, GF class Garratt No. 2380 crosses the bridge at Bafac before starting the steep climb to Thornville, in this recreation of a typical Natal branchline mixed train from 35 years ago... (more)
GF class Garratt No. 2380 arrives at Baynesfield station on the Richmond line, in this recreation of a typical Natal branchline mixed train from 35 years ago.
A class 24 Berskshire has just crested the grade and is dropping down toward Cullinan. The 24th class 2-8-4's were used all over South Africa on lightly built branch lines. Here we see No. 3664 ... (more)
15CA No. 2056, an Alco 4-8-2, climbs the steep grade out of Cullinan, with the diamond mines in the background. 15CA's worked 6 car passenger trains on this line until 1984 and Steam Loco Safari'... (more)
Burnished brass and copper in the cab of a 25NC class as it simmers overnight in Ficksburg station at the head of its photographic charter train.
Late afternoon runpast near Rooicranz ("Red Wall") on the line east from Oudtshoorn through the Little Karroo.
Late afternoon runpast at Rooicranz ("Red Wall") on the line east from Oudtshoorn through the Little Karroo.
Morning runpast at Rooicranz ("Red Wall") on the line east from Oudtshoorn through the Little Karroo.
