Locos prepare for the days duties at George. At this time there were 3 return trips to Knysna. 2 mixed trains and 1 freight.

Preserved Class 7a No. 1007 (Built 1893) pauses at Wilderness

Just half a kilometre to go, but the crew of this GMAM Garratt locomotive show no sign of letting up before reaching the summit of Montagu Pass. At this point the train is on a ledge some 250m abo... (more)

Some 444 combined years of South African railway history on the move! Back in 1997, two Class 7 Locomotives (built 1896 and 1901) head a Steam & Safaris (U.K.) charter train of vintage coaches (bu... (more)

South African preserved steam was strong in 2000. Spoornet, the national operator, had a heritage arm that marketed tours under the ‘Union Limited’ banner (The Union Limited was THE No.1 luxur... (more)

Kandelaars is some 10km south of Oudtshoorn. Normally the Cape Town - Port Elizabeth Premiere Class luxury train would have passed through in the dark, but a level-crossing accident the night befo... (more)

South African passenger services went into a decline in the 1990's but are now on the rebound! Several luxury trains, marketed under the name "Premiere Class", run betwen major cities. Here the Ca... (more)

Special Line Oudtshoorn-Klipplaat - April 1991

[11:04] Named 'Peacock' and parked next to another Garratt ( ID : 2575 ). With some old red and white SAR coaches attached. [Canon 400D + 18-55mm @ 23mm]

"Rosie" looking very nice as she waits in the depot for her next assignment.

The scheduled steam passenger service from George to Knysna crosses the trestle at Swartvlei. Two months after this picture was taken, the line suffered severe storm damage and has been closed eve... (more)

The Beyer Garratt Class GMAM was one of many classes of this type designed for service in South Africa. This locomotive has just hauled the Cape Town - Port Elizabeth passenger train over the tor... (more)

Since the closure of the line from George to Knysna the Choo Tjoe has been running between George and Mossel Bay. Here it is departing Mossel Bay for the return trip.

The Choo Tjoe departs Mossel Bay for the trip back to George which is situated roughly straight across on the other side of the bay.