Looking for all the world like it was 1972, this preserved GMAM hauls her train upgrade from Albert Falls towards Pietermaritsburg. She is still operated by Creighton Municipality.
Cityview was a favourite location for rail photography in South Africa into the early 1970s when these behemoths hauled a parade of trains around this horseshoe curve. Double-heading was not unco... (more)
Maureen is the oldest Cape Gauge Locomotive still in nominal working order. She is operated by Umgeni Steam Railways and should soon be working trains again. This railway is a part of the origin... (more)
Taken during one of the last Steam Charters on this remote line that runs through the foothills of the great Eastern Escarpment of South Africa. Regular steam operations ceased in 1978.
A mixed goods and passenger train crosses the Kraai River Bridge on the last leg of the journey to Barclay East. Sadly, three years after this picture was taken the line was closed permanently.
Originally designed as an express passenger engine, many of the members of this class spent the last years of their working lives working freight trains between Bloemfontein and Noupoort.
The last working Class 23 hauls her consist of old livery SAR coaches bound for Colesburg.
The last working Class 23 passes the classic semphore signal at Van Zyl station with a train bound for Colesburg.
Reminiscent of regular operations in steam days, No. 3472 hauls her train trough the S-bend above Slabbers Station shortly after dawn. The tempreature was below 0 degrees centigrade.
