5 ай бұрын
5 ай бұрын
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@johanjacobs2442 27 күн бұрын
Die loko is baie goed opgepas en onderhou. Probeer asb die windgeraas op die videos uitsny.
@Antloo2009 29 күн бұрын
Hou die kamera stil 😂 het julle nie so 'camera stand' of iets nie?
@MichaelShannon3322 29 күн бұрын
Ek het nou een 😂 Maar daardie video is verfilm net toe ek begin verfilm het.
@Antloo2009 29 күн бұрын
@@MichaelShannon3322 Ooo oukei nou verstaan ek 😆👍🏻
@will5286 Ай бұрын
Could have been decent video--GET YOUR AUDIO TOGETHER
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
Are you gonna pay for it, buddy? Cause right now I know I can't.
@petracollins8623 Ай бұрын
So wonderful to see someone is making the effort to keep these beauties going. Well done.
@geoffreyford7288 Ай бұрын
I once was pulled by a dolly between Vryburg and Mafeking with 13 coaches, the climb out of Vryburg was slow but it didn't slip and once on the planes it was just like the video.
@VicNieman Ай бұрын
Goeie,ou dae.
@tommoore3586 Ай бұрын
I am going to be there in a few days 🙌this is very interesting 😅
@IO-zz2xy Ай бұрын
Why were there two diesel locos being hauled as well. So many more tons being hauled???
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
The diesel units are used as the steam loco itself doesn't have enough power to make it over the gradients on Sir Lowry's Pass.
@IO-zz2xy Ай бұрын
@@MichaelShannon3322 Thanks for info. Perhaps less coaches would solve that problem?? Regards
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
@@IO-zz2xy Perhaps, although even with 13 coaches, it still is quite busy almost every weekend.
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
@@IO-zz2xy They actually had to add the 13th coach recently, because it was getting full with only 12.
@IO-zz2xy Ай бұрын
@@MichaelShannon3322 I'm not surprised. Great news, what a great journey. Regards from Howick, KZN
@phillipcollins9290 Ай бұрын
Nice. Is there no longer a wye in Malmesbury?
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
As far as I'm aware, no, there isn't
@phillipcollins9290 Ай бұрын
Gee, that oil-burner gives off a mess!
@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 Ай бұрын
Magnificent catches of the train coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars. Thumbs up. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, just liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to South Africa.
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
Thanks very much!
@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 Ай бұрын
@@MichaelShannon3322 no problem.
@LisbonRailProductionsandF1 Ай бұрын
@@MichaelShannon3322 the trains in your country are amazing.
@sidneyfredericks9820 Ай бұрын
Nice
@Galactic-Jack1978 Ай бұрын
The wind was pretty hectic on this day.
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
Shoutout to everyone who waved in Coach 11!
@kerryjames7150 Ай бұрын
Keep out of the wind .
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
Yeah, the problem with that area is that it's out in the open, so there's no real way to avoid the wind
@Imsaptouw Ай бұрын
Nice compilation there Michael. I see I make an unknowing appearance 😅
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
Ah yes, I didn't realise you were filming. I just watched your video from the same day. You got some nice shots in there.
@johnbeck2042 Ай бұрын
I travelled this route from Cape Town to Elgin on an S&V Camp in 1955, and it was pulled by a single steam loco. Why did this trip have to incorporate the assistance of TWO DIESEL-ELECTRIC units (or so it would seem)? I am now eighty years young, and am still loving everything to do with steamers!
@MichaelShannon3322 Ай бұрын
The diesel units are used as the steam loco itself doesn't have enough power to make it over the gradients on Sir Lowry's Pass. Thanks for commenting.
@gillshaw-tw3kf Ай бұрын
Thank you
@Cool123nt 2 ай бұрын
Why does it carry the oil thing behind its tender ( l don’t know what it’s called) ?
@MichaelShannon3322 2 ай бұрын
It's a water tanker. It stores extra water so that the engine can refill at Elgin.
@Cool123nt 2 ай бұрын
I was thinking it was that because the The Flying Scotsman had it
@MichaelShannon3322 2 ай бұрын
@@Cool123nt Yes, although Flying Scotsman's one is designed to look like a second tender.
@sunilpremathilaka1011 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful train mind go to fast .
@theostehle9337 3 ай бұрын
I travelled on this line from CT to Botrivier when it was still up and running during the earlygb 1960s, and once from Lebanon siding or Grabouw to CT in early 1967. I was a pupil forester at Lebanon forest st. about 20 km east of Grabouw and was travelling officially to George to study forestry at the foresters college. It took more than 5 hours to reach Cape Town. From there I took the "milk train" to George, slept on the train overnight and arrived the afternoon of the following day. That was the steam train era. Today they would call it laid by. But looking back it was a wonderful era. The landscape was not nearly as built up as today. The steam locos regularly ignited fires in the Grabouw forestry plantations in summer, in spite of spark arrestors.
@MichaelShannon3322 3 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the golden age of steam. Wish I could've been around to see it.
@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649 Ай бұрын
Interesting, I always wondered when passengers still went on that line.
@lotter09rachie 5 ай бұрын
Clare and Jenny looking gorgeous like ahhhhh. They have a gorgeous black coat and your photos being that out amazingly.❤
@lotter09rachie 5 ай бұрын
Love all the photos and videos 😍. Looking good.
@jalmapedroso5552 6 ай бұрын
Vão com Deus!❤
@jasonvazquez2563 6 ай бұрын
Is that from around the 30s? I love old trains, so cool and complicated
@MichaelShannon3322 6 ай бұрын
Yes, she would have been built between 1928 and 1930. Also, thank you for commenting! This is actually the first comment I've gotten on this channel.
@MichaelShannon3322 7 ай бұрын
Shoutout to the security guard at the end!
@MichaelShannon3322 7 ай бұрын
The previous night, on the 11th, Clare had been in Muizenberg doing a film shoot for the western TV show, '1923'. This might explain why she wasn't wearing her name plate that day.