class 24 station Prince Alfred Hamlet 1991

Springfontein 1991 The Indian Ocean Limited tour

The SAR class 26 number 3450 is better known as "The Red Devil" because of its bright red paint job. This 4-8-4 showed that 1950's steam had by no mean reached the limits of performance.... (more)

Foto Train to Riverside

The unique 4-8-4 class 26 # 3450 "Red Devil" (Transnet National Collection) is leased by the Ceres Rail Company and made operational again since last year. The world most powerful "... (more)

4-8-2 19D ("nineteendolly") # 3322 and 4-8-2 19B # 1412 of the Ceres Rail Company with the FarRail Tours charter on the former New Cape Central Railway line between Robertson and Vink.

Look out for the Devil

Intrigued by the arrival of fifty photographers in their tiny hamlet, the locals turn out to see what's up, to be greeted by the famous Red Devil blasting... (more)

19d #3322 and 24 #3655 double head the first runpast of the tour near Malmesbury as dawn breaks. Possibly the most satisfactory runpast of the whole tour.

Riding the "Red Devil", world's most powerful narrow gauge steamlocomotive. The cape gauge (1067 mm or 42 inch) 4-8-4 "Northern" was rebuilt in 1981 by the english mechanical e... (more)

Paleisheuwel on the Klawer line was the northernmost point of the 9 day steam train journey through the Western Cape province. The local children have fun with the photographers and videographers ... (more)

In Piketberg, the tender of the 24 # 3655 is loaded with about 8 tons of new coal. This fuel was transported during the several day journey in big bags of about 1 ton each on the gondola car seen ... (more)

The 4-8-2 19D ("nineteendolly") # 3322 of the Ceres Rail Company is turned on the triangle in De Hoek. Riding on the buffer beam is Stefan, the Train Manager, one of the most important p... (more)

The 4-8-2 steamlocomotive 19D # 3322 of the Ceres Rail Company is pulling the FarRail Tours charter train on the Klawer line between Moravia and De Hoek.

Shortly after sunrise, the 2-8-4 24 # 3655 and the 4-8-2 19D # 3322 of the Ceres Rail Company are pulling the mixed freight/passenger train of FarRail Tours on the Klawer line between Malmesbury a... (more)

4-8-2 19D # 3322 and 2-8-4 24 # 3655 of the Ceres Rail Company are departing from Wintervogel station on the Klawer with the mixed freight/passenger train of the FarRail Tours 9 day steamtrain jou... (more)