Two 0-4-2 locomotives from Barclay and from Fowler are performing the first runpast of the day. Unfortunately, very shortly after the sun raised, the clouds appeared and it started to rain. This w... (more)

Wild Cosmos flowers signal the start of winter in South Africa. Patrick Ackerman inspects them with Kerr Stuart Wrenn

Garret 153 leads two other Garratt's at Mooihoek, on its way to Vailima station

Double headed Lawleys pass Pandora pond at Launch of No. 97

Launch of recently restored No. 97 Lawley at Sandstone Estates

Launch of recently restored No. 97 Lawley at Sandstone Estates

David Shepard's 15F "Avril" number 3052 passing Vailima siding on the Bethlehem - Ficksburg line. Train was operated by Steam in action and Reef steamers, as an enthusiasts special.

David Rogers/Steam Loco Safari Tours special in South Africa.

This is very similar to an image posted earlier by Michael Allen, and provides an interesting comparison of digital (Mike's) versus film (this one). I probably shot my last role of film on this t... (more)

Class 25NC 3472 hustles a freight train past the butte at Sekonyela in blazing glint lighting.

The Sandstone Estates Steam Railway is a private railway on a large farm near Ficksburg. The equipment is mostly from former SAR 2 foot gauge lines. Mikado No 17 was last used on the Avontuur li... (more)

A 15F Mountain races out of the sunset, with the butte at Sekonyela in the background. The wide open spaces of South Africa are just made for sunset and sunrise shots!

Until the end of steam in 1987, the overnight passenger train on the Bethlehem line was pulled by 25NC 4-8-4's. Twenty years later we witnessed a perfect recreation of this 12 car train, passing ... (more)

African sunset. Last light refects off the side of a preserved SAR 2-foot gauge Garratt on the Sandstone Estates private railway. Amazingly this little Garratt was built in 1968!

Burnished brass and copper in the cab of a 25NC class as it simmers overnight in Ficksburg station at the head of its photographic charter train.