Lovely variety of angles, consists,time of day, light,and of course, SA steam. Simply delghtful - thanks so much for sharing.

Brilliant. Wonderful filming!

Huge congratulations to all concerned for this achievement.

This is an old photo, I was wondering if they would make it back. Wonder what will happen next.😮

Gotta love 2850. I can't believe she was only officially withdrawn in 1994! Just goes to show how reliable she was.

I love the scenes from Bloemfontein in the morning, because only you, your father and me were there ;-)... See you next year in ZA!

The whole tour was a disaster, your video brings back those realirties, thank you James!

Nice video James!

Love the silhouettes

Thanks James! Good to hear a 15F again!!😊

2:15 What's happening with the 4136 Garret?

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much for this video I wish I could be a child again to see the steam trains running pass our home

Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for the footage James ❤ beautiful sunset footage at around the 9 minute mark.

❤ Beautiful. Thank you James. Kind regards from the uk. Tim Surridge

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Thanks for sharing some, steam action on this lovely day

So sad that our wonderful and old steamers now need the assistance of two growling, noisy and smelly diesel-electric units! But what a wonderful video! I travelled this route in 1955, as a twelve-year-old boy on a camp outing from Cape Town to Elgin. Wonderful memory! I am now eighty years young! Thank you for your video! This is also an amazing reminder of what a wonderfully beautiful part of the world in which we live.`

Just saw the beautiful machinery a few days ago, seeing the cars made me think wow, what a retro... It gave me goosebumps

Pragtig,verlang baie,baie na daardie jare😢😢

With the degradation rate the country's rail is in. From Sanral, Transnet to the wrong size Chinese locos. I'm not surprised Steam is making a return.

Wow Wow Wow. What a fantastic watch. Only but fond memories for me. Thanks a million for sharing 👍👌😀

Brilliant

Drove from Cape Town airport to Hermanus over the pass, stunning views !!

Glade to see that umgene stem has not converted to oil burnes that does tremendous damage to the culture and the reputation of the stem era .people stil want to hear the sond of the spade and the firemans skill to main tain while the regulater is full open and the injector in full operation oil burners the so called fireman just sits and open , tapes just like a steam engine without a brass number plate. They can just as will put a diesel on the job.

What A beautiful Train

For all the GHG objectors. That bit of coal that was burnt when relayed into diesel for trucks to move all that cement, makes trucks look like rogues. Bring back the rail.

Amazing. More astounding is that the tracks are still all there. Beautiful none the less

too much wind noise😂😢

Why so slow for a 25NC ?

Beautiful and powerful.

Kort 2x 14 Klas of 2x12AR Vir daai pas

The last scene is as if Dennis Moore's book The sunset Of Steam has come alive.

Beautiful ❤ just the sound of the, steam Loco gives me goosebumps

Thank you so very much for this, so nostalgic.

Beautiful monster.

truly a thing of beauty. I grew up in KZN towards the end of steam; we didn't see many of the 'big boys' like the 15F or the 25c/NC, more Garretts and 19Ds (on the branch lines). Amazing machines, all of them.

Born in Victoria-West, spent my forming years before school in the 60s and early 70s with my dad on the railway lines while he worked for Plasser, places like Beaufort West, De Aar, De Put, Merriman, Hutchinson, Three Sisters, Leeu-Gamka... I remember playing next to the lines when the Class 25 Condensers thundered by. I remember my fathers cousin, Oom Boet, driving die steel Kyalami between De Aar and Kimberley. I remember a skinny fireman named "Veerpoot" on Beaufort West. I remember innocent simplicity. I remember...

Looks like a scene from the 1980s

Like the old days

Very nice. Not SA's last steam operation though...Ceres, Wonder, Rovos, Sandstone have steam.

Wow, nice photo n video.... In which country was this video taken??? Introducing me, the owner of the Sandhi Spoor channel. Nice to meet you

No overhead catenary. Stolen?

Memories of a wonderful part of South Africa.The views of the Cape Peninsula from the top of Sir Lowrys pass were out of this world.

Regtig awesome

Wow pretty cool video. You just got a new subscriber.

Nicely captured Jimmy

Do you know, are this locomotives working now?