Thank you for a very good video. I know the line, as my father worked at the Humewood loco in the early 1960's. The video brought back some good memories.
No doubt the Welsh Highland is a fantastic railway, but the two foot gauge systems in South Africa have to be seen to be believed for their length of line and operations. Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.
Jsut everything seemed huge on the South African 2'. Even on 750mm/760mm or 2'6" not much matches the size and weight of these locomotives, only the German 2-10-2 locomotives on the 750mm gauge come very close in weight and power. And triple header diesels and full size shipping containers on 2' is completely unbelievable.
That's the only time I have ever seen 91.016 on film! I'm restoring it now and it is great to see it in service ❤
Memories❤
Thank you for a very good video. I know the line, as my father worked at the Humewood loco in the early 1960's. The video brought back some good memories.
No doubt the Welsh Highland is a fantastic railway, but the two foot gauge systems in South Africa have to be seen to be believed for their length of line and operations. Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing.
Jsut everything seemed huge on the South African 2'.
Even on 750mm/760mm or 2'6" not much matches the size and weight of these locomotives, only the German 2-10-2 locomotives on the 750mm gauge come very close in weight and power.
And triple header diesels and full size shipping containers on 2' is completely unbelievable.
I used to drive one in Perth Ng 123
Did you see the shit that came out of the water vat ?