The Great South African Steam Festival 1991
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2024
- For five days in 1991, the South African railways featured their steam locomotives on their mainline from Kimberly to De Aar in a celebration called the Great 1991 Steam Festival. This would be the last display of these magnificent locomotives before steam would be replaced by diesel power. Join us as we visit Beaconsfield, the last operational steam shed in South Africa. Watch high-stepping steam locomotives charge down the narrow-gauge mainline on continuous welded rail with concrete ties. Wander with us around Orange River, and watch steam being serviced and the exciting activity of arriving and departing trains. Dont miss this last hurrah for South African steam power!
South African steam engines were beautyful to see and also well maintained
Do you know if the two surviving 16E locomotives are still around? The most recent info I can find is from 2015
Great stuff, thanks for that. I remember that week very well indeed.
Being a SAR offspring (Grandfather and Father) I have traveled many 1000's of KM throughout t South Africa - esp. KZN where I would often hitch a ride on the locomotive - often between several towns - as a 5-7 year old kid. One of our fun things to do was to ride in the cars and clamber from one to another as the train and trucks sped along through the cane-fields.
owen greenland these are your best memories kept in times past
Thanks for sharing!
This stuff comes from the top shelf! Brilliant!!!
Fantastic work with this clip especially with No 3511 the last working example of a class 25c different from a class 25nc in that it was a condensing loco meaning it reused it's own steam and condensed it back into water by means of a turbine powered fan in the smokebox hence why it sounds like a jet engine
There re also horizontal cooling fans in the tender top.
Love SAR steam engines. Probarbly the most advanced in the world.
Excellent footage Charles 👍👍👍
great video.....thanks for sharing.
This is the last display of the steam locomotives but finally they were replaced by diesels
Bloody brilliant:-)))))
boy I hope they kept them,,nice,
South African railways kinda remind me of Australian railways a little bit
First time I've seen a class 25 condensing in action, fantastic! Am I correct in thinking most of these class 25 locos were built at North British Loco Co in Glasgow? One of the NCs has been returned to Glasgow and is now on permanent display in our new riverside museum of transport. Ta for upload. Ken
It's a 15F that is on display in the Glasgow museum.
nice
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Yes, most likely!
What gauge??
Classy rools on u 💛💚♥️ 2 gpood luk on u
@ALEJANDROVICCO 1067 mm