The distinctive water tower at Thaba Nchu, with its sandstone base, which once serviced numerous locomotives, now witnesses steam charging by once again, just like in years past! Class 15F No.2... (more)
As the mercury plummets below zero, Class 15F No. 2976 and a mixed freight consist simmer peacefully in Thaba Nchu, along the Bloemfontein to Maseru line. Taken during a Farrail Tour to South A... (more)
On the steel highway between South Africa's Judicial Capital and Kimberley, an old race horse - class 25NC No.3437 - relives its past on this special mainline with a special photographic charter. ... (more)
After departing from Bloemfontein and reaching Kloofeind, the last hilly outcrop in the region, Class 25NC No.3437 and her freight train now head towards Kimberley. Captured during a Farrail To... (more)
What was once a regular sight several decades ago, a steam-hauled freight train once again gallops across the steel highway between Bloemfontein and Kimberley, behind the elegant class 25NC No.343... (more)
Once a steam stronghold, the Kimberley to Bloemfontein mainline once again greeted an old companion in the mighty class 25NC No.3437 on a charming Friday afternoon , seen here in the last light ou... (more)
19D 2512 replenishes the coaling stage.
In common with most other large South African loco depots, Bloemfontein shed had a large inclined coal stage. The shed pilot would push a couple of loaded coal wagons up a steeply graded ramp to e... (more)
A passenger train hauled by a class 25NC is awaiting departure from the Bloemfontein station.
A class 15F is shunting a freight train at the Bloemfontein east yard.
A passenger train hauled by a 25NC is awaiting departure from the Bloemfontein station.
19D 2512 works the coaling stage, while a 15F lurks below in the shadows.
Class 23 3236 rests at Bloemfontein shed. At this time these handsome class 23s monopolised the mainline between Bloemfontein and Kroonstad.
Between 1971 and 1973 the South African Railways added 125 of these locomotives to their growing diesel fleet. Built by General Electric as GE U26C, the first three in the class were imported and... (more)
A class 15F steamer is shunting in the Bloemfontein East yard.
