The Sandstone Estates Steam Railway is a private railway on a large farm near Ficksburg. The equipment is mostly from former SAR 2 foot gauge lines. Mikado No 17 was last used on the Avontuur li... (more)
A 15F Mountain races out of the sunset, with the butte at Sekonyela in the background. The wide open spaces of South Africa are just made for sunset and sunrise shots!
Until the end of steam in 1987, the overnight passenger train on the Bethlehem line was pulled by 25NC 4-8-4's. Twenty years later we witnessed a perfect recreation of this 12 car train, passing ... (more)
African sunset. Last light refects off the side of a preserved SAR 2-foot gauge Garratt on the Sandstone Estates private railway. Amazingly this little Garratt was built in 1968!