The remarkable sight of five ex South African Railway two foot guage steam locomotives in one lashup. With one conventional locomotive and four garratt locomitives, that makes for 9 sets of dri... (more)

One of the Sandstone Heritage Trusts three preserved class NGG16s hauls her train around the curve to the landing strip just as one of the two visiting Harvards (T6 Texan) comes in to land. The H... (more)

Newly restored ex South African Railways two-foot guage garratt No. 113 hauls an SAR-era mixed train past the pond on Pandora Farm, part of the extensive Sandstone Estates.

Lit by the headlights of my Subaru Forester, Reefsteamers is readied for the departure of the annual Cherry Festival Train. The time was 2.54am.

Green NGG 16 No 88 double-heads with NGG13 No 49 during the annual steam week on Sandstone Estates.

Reefsteamers Class 25NC hauls her photocharter over the Meulspruit Bridge, a typical South African Railways girder bridge, sutuated just west of the Free State town of Ficksburg. This was an accu... (more)

NG\G 16 153 leaves Grootdraai with a big storm brewing in the background over the Malutis during the Kalahari Sunrise event at Sandstone Estates

Sunrise silhouettes Kalahari NG 15 no. 17 during the Kalahari sunrise event at Sandstone Estates

Steam loc and steam truck

When they saw the train, all the kids from the little village rushed to the line. What a show for them to witness the steam train and the 30 white tourists running around like chickens and taking ... (more)

NG6 #106 and 97 pass the Sandstone Estate's trek oxen