A class GMAM garratt bursts out of tunnel no.6 with a freight train as it approaches the summit of the Montague Pass between George and Oudtshoorn. Since leaving the town of George, the train has ... (more)

On a tour organized by David Rogers, 15F (SAR 3016) and 25NC (SAR 3472) doublehead a special train south from Bethlehem on what was once a secondary mainline to Bloemfontain, but now is a stub end... (more)

A far from common railway scene in 2014! This is the Saiccor Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast as pictured on the 10th April 2014, with ex South African Railway Class 19D... (more)

Regular industrial working steam in 2014! Ex South African Railways Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2767, now Saiccor No.3, starts her roll forward, desperately trying to avoid any excessive wheel slip, w... (more)

Saiccor No. 1, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2697, working down the bottom end of the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. No. 2697 was built by Bo... (more)

Ex South African Railways Class GMA/M (Garratt) 4-8-2+2-8-4, No. 4079, performs the first of many runpasts before sun up, at an arranged early morning photo special at the Reefsteamers Depot in Ge... (more)

Ex South African Railways Class 19D, No. 2669, is seen here busy running around her train at Donnybrook Station on one of her 2011 Aloe Festival Specials from Creighton early on a chilly winter mo... (more)

During the late 1970's the most well known locomotive based at Voorbaai depot (Mossel Bay) was this class GMAM 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 garratt, unofficially named "Amin" after Idi Amin, the infamous preside... (more)

Germiston-based class 15CA No.2820 (North British Locomotive Co. / 1928) is working train 1220, the Denver pick-up, against a backdrop of gold mine dumps between Driehoek and Geldenhuis. This was ... (more)

In the 1970's one of the greatest train journeys in South Africa was along the Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (P.E.), over a rail distance of 1085 km (674 miles) in 41 hours. Al... (more)

Ex South African Railways Class 19D, No. 2669, is seen here busy running around at Riverside Station on one of her 2011 Aloe Festival Specials from Creighton on a chilly and dry winter afternoon. ... (more)

The sun just manages to get a ray or two through the cloudy conditions as Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, leaves the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas with a load of coal for the short run up to... (more)

Once the regular motive power on this line, one of the last working Garratt locomotives in South Africa is lit by the last of the South African sun. This tour was plagued by serious operational p... (more)

Tender-first working was typical for Garratt locomotives on mountainous lines in South Africa.

The only operational Class 15F (one of a class of 255) makes her usual spirited climb from Battery Siding on the climb to Krugersdorp.