Engine 106 leads sister engine 97 just before sunrise on a freezing winter morning on their way to the station at Hoekfontein on the Sandstone Estates narrow gauge (2 foot) railway
Class 15F No.3046 "Janine" moves off shed at the Reefsteamers depot in Germiston, South Africa. Reefsteamers has half a dozen locos in its care, two of which are currently in working order. The cl... (more)
Ex SAR Class 15F No. 3046 looks stunning with the early morning sun on her as she begins her roll forward.
Just after sunrise on a chilly Johannesburg winter morning, as this super line up of marvellous ex SAR Steam Locomotives (all in steam) hold themselves ready for an arranged early morning photo se... (more)
On a cold winters day Reefsteamers class 25NC enjoy's a bit of sunshine on their anual open day. This was the last new steam locomotive design for the South African Railways
The GMAM was the usual motive power on the line until the end of Steam in the early 1970s.
Smoke and escaping steam fill the old running shed at Germiston locomotive depot as young Reefsteamers volunteers handle the cleaning chores on club's 12AR and 15F 4-8-2 locomotives. This was the ... (more)
Narrow gauge Garratt, NGG 16 number 153 works hard, leaving Vialima siding climbing to the summit before descending to Hoekfontein station at sunset
The first of this class of South African Railways two foot gauge locomotives is preserved in working order by the Sandstone Heritage Trust.
Originally designed as an express passenger engine, many of the members of this class spent the last years of their working lives working freight trains between Bloemfontein and Noupoort.
Narrow gauge Garratt, NGG 16 number 153 rounding the baloon at Grootdraai on the Sandstone narrow gauge railway. The flowers are "Cosmos", a wild flower that blooms at the beginning of winter.
Early morning light catches Friends of the Rail class 24 3664 near the old abattoir sidings during their Cullinan winter photo charter
Early morning light catches Friends of the Rail class 24 3664 climbing out of Cullinan during their Cullinan winter photo charter
