Friends of the Rail's class 24 (No.3664) and class 19D (No.2650) combine to perform a runpast at Friends of the Rail's depot, in Pretoria. Class 15F No. 3117 waits patiently in the background for ... (more)
Smoke and steam on a cold morning, a photographer's delight.
In late afternoon sun, Friends of the Rail’s ex-SAR class 24 performs a runpast on the coal stage track at Capital Park, for a Geoff’s Trains tour group.
This is the last operational coal stage in South Africa and is used by Friends of the Rail (FOTR) and Rovos Rail locomotives. FOTR's ex-SAR class 24 poses on top of the stage with two loaded hoppe... (more)
Fireman John Ashworth is enveloped in steam as he rakes the fire of class 24 3664, after a day of photography for a Geoff's Trains photo charter.
Friends of the Rail's class 24 moves off shed, shortly before sunrise on a cold winter morning.
The east end of the Capital Park depot has a branch line feel about it. Here Friends of the Rail's ex-SAR class 24 2-8-4 3664 moves a couple of coal wagons to the coalstage.
Loco crews taking a break are flanked by 15F and 24 locomotives.
A Class 24 locomotive stands on the yard ashpit, as a fireman cleans out the ash.
A Class 24 locomotive storms through the yards and past the water tower, at the end of cold winters day.
On a cold sunny winter morning, Friends of the Rail's ex-SAR class 24 2-8-4 moves off shed to do some shunting in the yard.
As floodlights in the yard illuminate a Class 24, steam rises from the centre of the boiler as it awaits its next job.
On a cold winter morning, a Class 24 engine pulls off a coal stage, after loading coal.
The fireman of class 24 3664 hands the oil can down to his driver during a break between shunting moves at Capital Park. This locomotive is in the care of Friends of the Rail club members.
A Class 24 moves off early on a cold winters morning.
