South African Railways

South African Railways Class 15AR 4-8-2 1966 being prepped on Sydenham shed.

A panorama stitch of two photos I took at the SAR Touws River steam shed in 1982 and that I only recently realised were taken alongside each other for this reason. There are 52 withdrawn steam engines in this Barry Island-like view of the Touws River yard. A total of 131 locos were present with only 4 in steam and although it may look like Woodham's, unlike that scrapyard, only one engine has survived out of these 131.

South African Railways 4-8-2 19D 2759 vigourously shunts goods wagons out of the yard at Grahamstown. A total of 268 19Ds were built, initially in Germany; 2759 was delivered in 1945 by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns (RSH) of Darlington.

Light, shadow & steam. An early morning shot of the steamy atmosphere inside Sydenham loco shed in Port Elizabeth as the engines were being prepared.