What better way to spend Fathers Day than photographing (or riding behind) steam? Friends of the Rail's trusty "Dolly", class 19D 4-8-2 no. 2650, charges up the grade out of Panpoort tow... (more)

What better way to spend Fathers Day than photographing (or riding behind) steam? Friends of the Rail's trusty "Dolly", class 19D 4-8-2 no. 2650, tackles the grade out of Panpoort toward... (more)

All of the Friends-of-the-Rails passenger stock and both of their preserved branch line locomotives seen on the heavily-subscribed excursion on the first day of the Southern Hemisphere Spring.

Friends of the Rails Class 19D shows of her classic lines on the climb to the Zonkolol level crossing on her first outing of the steam excursion season.

One day before the official start of the Southern Hemisphere Spring,. 1938 built No 2650 rounds the curve on the climb out of Cullinan Station.

Friends of the Rails branch line locomotives double-head the Diamond Express excursion train into Cullinan. This working formed part of the annual photographic weekend.

Friends of the Rails Class 24 pilots sister engine Class 19D No 2650 towards Rayton on the old Pretoria-Delagoa Bay mainline. At the end of our photographic weekend the mixed train and the excurs... (more)

A Friends of the Rail day excursion to the diamond mining town of Cullinan, east of Pretoria, works up the grade from Hercules to Capital Park behind ex- SAR class 24 2-8-4 no. 3664.

The Daimond Express on the return journey to Pretoria, approaches the curve where she was derailed 8 days before this picture was taken. The Pretoria area is well known for spectacular shows of J... (more)

At the height of the Steam Excursion Season on the South African Highveld, Friends of the Rails Class 19D departs from Cullinan with a train bound for Pretoria.

Friends of the Rail's Cullinan Diamon Express is framed by the old loading guage ajacent to the disused cattle loading dock. FoTR keeps steam alive on this historic branch line.

Friends of the Rails Class 24 departs from Cullinan Station with the return working to Pretoria. The disused cattle loading dock and the height loading guage is seen on the left and the house on ... (more)

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)