The sun just manages to get a ray or two through the cloudy conditions as Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, leaves the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas with a load of coal for the short run up to... (more)
Sappi´s 19D class steam locomotive leaves the exchange yard with Transnet Freight Rail TFR with a load of timber. It takes up to 4 runs for the steam locomotive to haul the entire train to the mi... (more)
Having shunted empties at the yard, Sappi´s 19D class steam locomotive carries the shunter from the East end of the yard to the West end ... it would have been a long way to walk.
The only steam worked industrial railway in South Africa: Sappi Saiccor´s 19D sits at the Umkomaas exchange yard before heading to the pulp mill. The massive pipe at the left carries the dirt and... (more)
The last working steam operations (non preservation) in South Africa. Saiccor No. 3 (Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767) - Leaving the Saiccor Exchange Yard at Umkomaas with a load of timber for the short... (more)
The last of actual (non preservation) working steam operations in South Africa is carried out at the Saiccor Paper Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. This is Saiccor No. 1 working... (more)
Last regular steam in South Africa
