With the left-hand-side blowdown cock cracked open just a bit to remove boiler impurities, No. 2650 drifts downhill after passing through Wonderboompoort, a scenic section north of Pretoria.
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)
The driver of 19D 2650 is wreathed in steam, as he cleans out the firebox on the ashpits at Capital Park Yard.
An atmospheric shot 15F 3046's drivers. The engine is at Reefsteamers Germiston Depot, in steam for Geoff Cooke's tour visit.
Framed by lighting poles, 15F 3046 and 12AR 1535 move around Germiston depot as dawn breaks.
25NC 'Elize' performs with a short freight within the confines of Reefsteamers Germiston Depot. A planned main line trip for Geoff Cooke's tour group using Reefsteamers engines and stock had been ... (more)
A driver of a 15F keeps an eye on the pressure gauges, as he waits for the departure signal.
A fireman on a 15F steam loco rubs grit off his hands as he waits for a green signal.
Duty engines at Hercules Yard wait for a job. 35-251 is a South African Class 35 loco - an EMD GT18C manufactured in South Africa by GM under licence. Next to it is a Class 18E locomotive in... (more)
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.
