The fireman prepares No 119 for the days work. Train operated by the Apple Express Society. With a little luck and lots of hard work, there could be another NG 15 working for the Society in 2011... (more)

No 4074 approaches Donnybrook in the last rays of the setting sun.

The Geoff's Trains charter departs from Loerie in dramatic fashoin, en route to Gamtoos and Hankey.

No 119 moves her short charter passenger consist upgrade to Bilson on the 177 mile, 2 foot guage line to Avontuur.

Reefsteamers 15F takes on water from the river below Fouriesburg Station. The tender is from a class 23. When these engines were take out of service many donated their larger tenders to 15Fs. T... (more)

The last remaining member of the South African Railways final Garratt class puts on a big show, in overcast conditions, on the second bridge on the climb up Hauwhoek Pass

Umgeni Steam Railway's class GF Garrett sweeps around the curve above the horseshoe bend near Sizanenjana. I only just got there in time. Thank goodness for high shutter speeds!

During the late 1990s, Bloemfontein Shed hosted a number of working Pacifics. Here, 16DA No 876 pilots Class 16E No 857. The latter had rotary cam poppet valves, 6 foot driving wheels, and was c... (more)

The rear driving wheel of Friends of the Rail Class 24 is lit by the first rays of the rising sun.

Most South African Railways steam locomotives were painted black. 3016 was an exception. She was painted dark blue in the early 1990s and Reefsteamers continues to operate her in this colour. H... (more)

Typical of suburban workings of days gone by, this train approaches the diamond town of Cullinan. The vehicle behind the engine is a cooler van. Water from the tanks on the roof was run slowly d... (more)

Two of the steam locomotives operated by Reesteamers work past the old watering point at Bethal Station on a train chartered by Steam Loco Safaris, on a cold winter's morning.

This magnificent machine is maintained in running order by Reefsteamers and is seen storming past a maize field that was indeed a polo crosse field during the 1980s. The tempreature had only just... (more)

The Class 15CA was one of the first South African locomotive designs that owed more to American than British practice. They were built by Alco, while the earlier 15CB was built by Baldwin. Here ... (more)

South Africn Railways Class 15F No. 3016 pilots Class 25NC No 3472 upgrade towards Slabberts in the last rays of the setting sun. The locomotives are maintained and operated by Reefsteamers.