Class 24 2-8-4 3617 + 19D 4-8-2 3335 head the "Sunset Limited" railtour somewhere near Lootsberg.
In the rapidly fading evening light, 25NCs 3461 and 3424 speed southwards with a Kimberley - De Aar goods.
An unidentified 15AR heads the 10.30 Uitenhage - Port Elizabeth suburban service.
All but 3 of the 90 class 25 condensers were rebuilt as conventional locos between 1973 and 1980, and reclassified as 25NC. This is the result.
The Phelophepa passing through a big S curve as the train enters Koringberg.
The Ceres Rail flower tour arriving here at Malmesbury in the afternoon on the last part of the trip back to Cape Town.
15AR 2022 heads the 10.00 Rosmead - Burgersdorp mixed (goods and passenger).
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.
1965 built GE No 33030 is at work at Rustenburg platinum mines in 1996. We visited to see their steam locos but were told that the last one was retired that very morning!
A loaded ore train approaches loop 4 north of Vredendal with 2 electrics and 2 diesels at the front.
15015 leads empties north here just before Elands Bay.
