Baldwin 4-8-2 Mountain, built in 1926 for the Frisco. Engine was restored between 1985 and 1988 and operated in excursion service until September 2002. One of the reasons I came out to the MOT w... (more)

Reefsteamers Class 15F is seen nearing Slabbers Station a few minutes before sunrise.

Friends of the Rail's class 19D climbs towards Van der Merwe Siding and Rayton. This is the last section of main line in South Africa that sees frequent steam working. In the 1970s Panpoort was ... (more)

Lit by the headlights of my Subaru Forester, Reefsteamers is readied for the departure of the annual Cherry Festival Train. The time was 2.54am.

On the final day of the 2011 Aloe festival, a train conveying cyclists to Donnybrook winds its way through the spectacular scenary in the foothills of the Drakaneberg.

Reefsteamers Alco-built Class 15CA pilots Class 15F No 3016 up the valley between Fouriesburg Station and Meynell Siding.

Built in 1915 the last remaining Class 12AR is currently having 8 boiler tubes replaced. She will then return to her duties as the mainstay of the Reefsteamers fleet of steam locomotives. This w... (more)

One of the early batch of the standard mixed traffic main line steam locomotives of the South African Railways departs from Koornburg with a mixed train bound for Malmesbury.

Trailing a steam plume almost as long as the train, No 3016 pilots Class 25NC 4-8-4 No 3472. The train was operated by Reefsteamers and charted by Steam Loco Safaris.

Taken in the East Altoona pit with a PRR Police escort

No 3334 hustles her mixed train from Porterville bound for Hermon on the Cape main line. The Grootwinterhoek Mountains constitute the backdrop.

The fireman of BCL Mining & Smelter's 4-8-2 class LO #807 cleans his firebox grates at Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana (Africa) on a hot May 31, 2011. The camera could feel the heat.

One of the last opeating examples of South Africa's standard main line steam locomotive is seen in her home shed.

Arrival in the first rays of the sunrise during Reefsteamers Sunrise Photography event. During Steam Days, Germiston steam shed had a large allocation of 15Fs.

Double-heading was common on the old South African Railways, but seldom happened in 2007. This event was the highlight of steam operations in South Africa in 2007.