This was one of the first runpasts early morning. A another wunderful day started on the Sandstone Estates Railway!
This handsome engine, built in the early 1950s is being prepared to haul the return working of the Cherry Festival Special. Lighting provided by the headlights of a Subaru Forester, as the light ... (more)
4-8-2 Class 15F 3046 creating a cloud of coal smoke, working hard, moving four dead steam locomotives and eight goods trucks from Ficksburg to Kommando nek. Class 25NC number3472 is ready at the b... (more)
Class 15F 3046 leading 25 class 3472 as they drift into Slabert's on there way to Ficksburg for the Cherry festival.
This was an unexpected German / American meeting in the African bush. The NGG13 49 (built in Hanover by Hanomag in 1928) was performing a runpast when suddenly a Sherman Mk IV overtook the train. ... (more)
These two beautiful little Victorian engines head their mixed goods train towards Hoekfontein, the centre of the 14km Sandstone Estates 2 foot guage system on a clear cold winters morning.
More than 100 years old, Lawley No 106 pilots the Barclay 0-4-4 on a train from Grootdraai to Hoekfontein. The picture was taken in South Africa, but the Maluti mountains are in Lesotho.
Alco-build No 2056 powers her train upgrade from Fickburg towards Ionia Siding with a train of fuel tankers.
Glinting in the last rays of the sun, the Sekonyela koppie on the left, No 3472 hurries her train towards Vailima Siding on Sandstone Estates
A beautiful African sunrise and a few steam locomotives! What else do you need to be happy?
