Unfortunately, this was just before the last of the AEM-7's were phased out and fully replaced by the ACS-64

Makadas

Westerford highschool!

Love it

Manitjies Visser (oom vissie) Koos Orendal

Hi - please will you share you contact details with me so that we can discuss using some of this footage? Thanks

Hi there. Please can you share your contact information with me as I would like to discuss using some of this material in a series in South Africa. Thank you!

Hi.. who can I contact to visit these tunnels please?

Wow 2 x Garretts..May I Share plz

Nice publication.. At 0:52 would it be a joke or tease with the babysitters? Who will know... At 1:41 to 1:50, scenes of Argentina and Holland at the soccer world cup, possibly 1974... And at 5:10 onwards, a rare record of lightness in some disembarkation at some train station... Times gone by that won't come back.

Só 'n besondere stukkie geskiedenis van ons land, maar mens kon beswaarlik uitmaak wat die persoon sê.. ook was die interessante geskiedenis wat getoon was, slegs vir 'n sekonde of twee 🤔

Awesome maar nou niks oor van dit nie

Ah... that brings back good memories, thanks!

Wow, this certainly brought back memories of my firing days at Voorbaai. I know both those garratts very well. Give me 4072 over 4122 any day. Sadly they robbed 4072s boiler and placed it onto 4122s frames in 1998 or so. They then scrapped 4072s frames and 4122s boiler. The two drivers in your clip are wonderful Twakies Barnard who was a great chap to work with and the one out in the rain is Manitjies Visser. Sadly neither of them are with us today. Thanks for posting

Hoe mooi was die35.000tipe nog in 1980 voor die aaklige oranje verf en die belaglike omgeboude ,,juk,,

Makedas!

No problem both are trains One steam and the other electric

Nice.I shall like to have "train ride" on that must be awesome.

Hi Kloopieful, I am reaching out with regards to the video. Please could I get your email address to make contact :)

Been there, done this!!! Back in 1996!

Wow, very good quality video - I'm most impressed. I took the same journey in about 20 year later, it looked just the same. Video in on my channel (if you are interested). Mind you your video quality is better than my DV recoding.

Thank you for posting this video. I’ve taken this train from Fish Hoek to Cape Town for ten years 2008 - 2018, and it’s educational to see what the journey was like decades ago 👍🏽🇿🇦

They're all white?

Pragtag

I was on this train. I think it was circa 1983, a special working, for the centennial celebration of the railway line to Kalk Bay.

Wonderful video !

That’s very old

I remember that old steam engine that went from Grahamstown to Port Alfred and back. Good old days.

Hi There, please can you contact me about this video... many thanks, Eric .... [email protected]

Why did they pull up their pants so high?

onthou goed was daar 1974 tot 1976 stoom 3655 24 klas

Hello, would like to get in touch regarding possible use of your footage in a feature documentary. Please drop me an email at [email protected] to discuss further. Thanks! Lauren

The Acela has its own track I see !!!!!!

Did you miss Japie's hiding hole? Jape se skuilgat.

You should experience the track past the gate to Matroosberg, where the tin station was transferred into a pub.

The old tunnel is the oldest rail tunnel in south Africa, maybe the oldest rail tunnel in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new tunnel is the longest rail tunnel in Africa, or the southern hemisphere.

I could not find any information about the present state of this tour, so I did it on my XR.

Very historic footage! Taken only two months before the line was washed away (and subsequently closed).

was there a triangle at Ceres station?

That brings back memories! I used to walk across that footbridge to get from Woodstock to Sturrock when I was an appy from 77 to 80.

Awesome

South African steam locomotives are awesome. Are you South African and what engine sheds were in your area if any?

Lovely piece of SAR steam footage!! Thanks for posting!

Awesome footage! Really sad that none of this exists anymore :(

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Baie dankie vir die kosbare video. Die oorspronklike stasie gebou het darm tot onlangs bly staan todat die munisipaliteit daarin getrek het en dit afgebrand het. Dit was 'n merkwaardige gebou wat 'n mooi herinnering van Makadas was. Hierdie is werklik 'n kosbare video sodat ons kinders kan sien hoe dit hier in Ladismith was in die goeie ou dae!

So sad to think this wonderful loco got cut up for scrap just like so many other South African preserved locos!!

Fantastic clip. So sad to think all this is now history. Thanks Willie for posting. Rich

Wonderful!!! These are really great Gems and hope you have some more! Thanks for sharing!