South Africa
29th May 2008
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In May 2008, I went to South Africa with Geoff's Trains. We started with 3 days of dawn to dusk photography at Sandstone, utilising 7 different locomotives.

A move to Ixopo followed, where we had a day on the Cape gauge line from Creighton (where the Mayor came out to welcome us) to Riverside and Donnybrook with a 19D class.

Whilst at Ixopo we also had two days on the Paton's Country railway - first with an NGG11 and then with two sugar cane locos - where we were able to do real sugar cane cutting and loading.

We also visited (purely on spec) the cellulose mills at Umkomaas in Natal which is the last industrial site in South Africa using steam locos. We were lucky enough to see a 19D bringing a load of timber into the plant from the transfer sidings.
Dawn at Sandstone
Dawn at Sandstone
2008-05-12 06:29:20
Dawn at Sandstone
Dawn at Sandstone
2008-05-12 06:57:56
NGG16 at Sandstone
NGG16 at Sandstone
2008-05-12 07:07:02
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 07:10:54
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 07:18:12
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 07:26:06
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 07:30:02
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 07:43:56
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 09:46:56
Reflections
Reflections
2008-05-12 10:09:16
Water Stop
Water Stop
2008-05-12 10:39:23
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 10:55:48
2 Garratts
2 Garratts
2008-05-12 11:17:24
Kerr Stuart
Kerr Stuart
2008-05-12 14:23:56
Kerr Stuart
Kerr Stuart
2008-05-12 14:38:21
Locals
Locals
2008-05-12 16:43:48
Sunset
Sunset
2008-05-12 17:16:37
Lawley at dawn
Lawley at dawn
2008-05-13 06:52:47
Dawn
Dawn
2008-05-13 06:55:42
Lawley
Lawley
2008-05-13 07:51:38
Lawley
Lawley
2008-05-13 08:20:37
Lawley
Lawley
2008-05-13 08:36:09
Lawley
Lawley
2008-05-13 08:45:16
Lawley
Lawley
2008-05-13 10:52:39
Lawley
Lawley
2008-05-13 11:12:22
Lawley reflections
Lawley reflections
2008-05-13 11:20:23
NG15
NG15
2008-05-13 14:20:58
NG15
NG15
2008-05-13 15:25:42
NG15
NG15
2008-05-13 16:02:16
NG15
NG15
2008-05-13 16:02:26
NG15 reflections
NG15 reflections
2008-05-13 16:32:48
NG15 reflections
NG15 reflections
2008-05-13 16:40:54
Feldbahn
Feldbahn
2008-05-14 06:59:35
Peckett
Peckett
2008-05-14 07:08:43
Feldbahn & Peckett
Feldbahn & Peckett
2008-05-14 07:58:50
Feldbahn
Feldbahn
2008-05-14 08:39:03
Peckett
Peckett
2008-05-14 08:51:25
Feldbahn & Peckett
Feldbahn & Peckett
2008-05-14 09:09:58
Feldbahn
Feldbahn
2008-05-14 09:16:36
Cape Gauge 19D
Cape Gauge 19D
2008-05-15 08:33:28
Cape Gauge 19D
Cape Gauge 19D
2008-05-15 08:58:02
Cape Gauge 19D
Cape Gauge 19D
2008-05-15 09:05:37
Cape Gauge 19D
Cape Gauge 19D
2008-05-15 09:24:54
Cape Gauge 19D
Cape Gauge 19D
2008-05-15 09:29:33
Cape gauge 19D
Cape gauge 19D
2008-05-15 09:47:10
Cape gauge 19D
Cape gauge 19D
2008-05-15 09:47:20
Cape Gauge 19D
Cape Gauge 19D
2008-05-15 15:27:31
locals
locals
2008-05-15 15:48:04