This magnificent machine is maintained in running order by Reefsteamers and is seen storming past a maize field that was indeed a polo crosse field during the 1980s. The tempreature had only just... (more)

The daily (Monday to Saturday) goods train is seen leaving the watering station at Bosrivier. This was one of the last regular road workings for these mainline engines.

The Class 15CA was one of the first South African locomotive designs that owed more to American than British practice. They were built by Alco, while the earlier 15CB was built by Baldwin. Here ... (more)

The return working of the Saturdays-only train that returned gold mine workers from Johannesburg to Fiksburg is seen rounding the curve near Meynell halt.

The 25 members of the South African Railways Class GO Garratt Locomotive spent most of their lives hauling chrome ore trains up the escarpment from Steelpoort to Lydenberg in the Eastern part of t... (more)

Reefsteamers runs these popular steam hauled excursion from the Johannesburg area to the town of Magaliesburg. No 3046 was on her first revenue-earning outing since restoration. The 15F was the ... (more)

The sun has just risen on this mixed freight train from Bloemfontein to Kimberley. These modern 4-8-4 engines were the standard motive power during Steam Days.

Newly restored No 88 catches the last rays of the autumn sun. She last worked on the now defunct Alfred County Railway on the South Coast and is painted in the colours of that late lamented railw... (more)

The Class 15F was the standard mainline steam locomotive on the South African Railways. No 3046 has just been brought back into service by Reefsteamers, and poses in front of the large Germiston ... (more)

South Africn Railways Class 15F No. 3016 pilots Class 25NC No 3472 upgrade towards Slabberts in the last rays of the setting sun. The locomotives are maintained and operated by Reefsteamers.

The SAR 16DA 879 Pacific locomotive helped by a 15CA is leaving the Hercules station with a passenger train.

A class 15F steamer is shunting in the Bloemfontein East yard.

American power in South Africa. The steam locomotives class 15CA have been built by ALCO in 1926. One of these engines is undergoing a small reparation in the Witbank shed before returning to work... (more)

A passenger train double headed by a class 24 and a class 19D steam locomotive is ready to depart the Hercules station.

Double-headed garratts were the order of the day in Steam Days. GF No 2380 pilots GMAM 4074 upgrade to Taylors Halt. That is two steam engines and four engine units!