Class 7A No. 1007 was 98 years old when this photo was taken and the helper, class 7B No. 1056 was 96 years old! Having conquered the Montagu Pass, they are drifting downgrade into amazing suns... (more)
Class 7A No. 1007 was 98 years old when this photo was taken and the helper, class 7B No. 1056 was 96 years old! The coastal plain, visible through the notch, is 2400 ft. below.
It's dry and windy in the Little Karoo Desert, so many farms have wind driven pumps. A class 19C 4-8-2 passes by one on the line from Oudtshoorn to Klipplaat. The wind is blowing the smoke ahead... (more)
It's just after sun up and a group of locals wait for a freight to pass by on the 2 foot gauge Port Elizabeth to Patensie line.
By the time I got to South Africa the big Garratts were gone from the mountain passes and working their last miles on the flats between Vryburg and Mafikeng.
Class 15AR 1850 swings around into the early morning sunlight on the climb out of Aliwal North. The steam visible over the hill is from the banker (helper) pushing on the rear.
Five engines are lined up, waiting to take coal at the Bloemfontein coal dock.
15E class 2878 leaves a steamy trail on a subfreezing morning, on the line between Bloemfontein and Bethlehem.
Friends of the Rail's Class 24 doing "hands on" runs with members of the public at the controls. For video of this specific loco see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFF08PTjHkc
A 16DA class 4-6-2 passes a small lake east of Bloemfontein.
A rare 14CRB class 4-8-2 passes the Red Wall at Rooikrans in late afternoon light. Light only strikes the wall in January, so today it's black!
Once again the scenic Knysna branch.
The locomotives on the Knysna line were particularly well kept by their crews.
