Narrow Gauge S African Steam - Garratt NGG16 No.153 on the Sandstone Estate Railway to Vailima

In this video we return to the Sandstones Estate Railway to photograph narrow gauge NGG16 Garratt No.153 along the route between Hoekfontein and Vailima as the sun sets on the beautiful mountains surrounding the estate. The Garratt is worked hard as it lifts its freight train up gradients more typical of a Swiss rack and pinion line.

Hot embers are thrown from the locomotive chimney, setting the dry grasslands ablaze keeping the fire crews following our train busy.

Our train is posed in a variety of scenarios intended to recreate scenes from the 1950's through to the late 90's when narrow gauge steam was still active on lines such as the Alfred County Railway.

Narrow gauge railways were built to serve farms and to transport produce to processing plants and ports. To learn more about South Africa's narrow gauge railways, I recommend clicking on this link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_...

We return the following morning to photograph the train as the sun rises over the breath taking scenery and as a special bonus on our last day we were treated to the spectacle of Class 25NC 4-8-4 No.3437 "Sianni" on the nearby mothballed 3ft 6in gauge line to Bethlehem.

Music - Track - Composer – Source
00:00 & 44:35 - ES_Different (Instrumental Version) - Craig Reever - epidemicsound.com

Map at 00:37 - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

To find out more or maybe to arrange your own visit, please click on this link - https://www.sandstone-estates.com/

Tour arranged by FarRail - https://www.farrail.com/

Locomotive featured -Narrow gauge Garratt NGG16 No.153

Track gauge - 2ft (610mm)

Tour date - 17th July to 1st August 2024

Recommended reading - https://www.sandstone-estates.com/ima...