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[@lunganikhubone2595]

What name of the place?

[@christophersemenya9890]

What a rich heritage Thanks

[@JustAThought155]

This was such a wonderfully fun and joyful episode, hours after watching the first time, I returned and watched it again! I love everything about this video: the trains; the joy; the witnessed unity; and the lasting “only in South Africa” legacy! Great reporting!❤

[@tokoloshi214]

Beautiful machines, thank you Gert and team.

[@mduduzimbatha8861]

Like a kid in a candy store Clair. I need to tick that off my bucket list. I love steam trains🥹

[@lalimangokoane8769]

Brian and Gert you were passionate about what you were doing.

[@GrandMasterJay-n4f]

My great grandfather worked for Spoornet now known as Transnet. As a little boy I had a privilege of riding a steam locomotive from Newcastle station to Majuba station in 1993. it was a very scenic routes, Northern Natal is very beautiful. Maybe one day they’ll be a trains going up & down from all metros to small towns in South Africa

[@tmh4024]

What a lovely story! THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS!1🚂🌅❤

[@MKL_D]

These 2 deserve each other😂😂😂. Wow, i appreciate the love they have for this simple machine.

[@annatjiekruger77]

What a wonderful video. Took me back to the times I rode on a steam train.

[@itulerata]

Thank you for showcasing these lovely machines

[@conniemookapele5727]

Wow Beautiful 😍 🤩

[@harrivithi8109]

So charming and beautiful❤

[@DaveThompson_thedave]

Awesome story too! :)

[@monicakieck7501]

Great spoorweg & Hawens; destroyed by Anc 😢😢😢😢; now spoorloos & lewenlose hawens😢😢😢😢

[@mitchelljansenvanrensburg7435]

In Waterval Boven there about 6 steam trains there just sitting there, people have been breaking it down for scrap. They should be sent to this place to be preserved.

[@DionMostert-pu9bd]

I am currently working on bring a Steam Train Trip to Harties

[@garethm4800]

Wow wow wow👌👌🎉🎉

[@wesa101mapena9]

Amazing 😮😊

[@wayne975]

A machine with a service life of 120 years. We lost the plot somewhere with products that last 5 minutes today.

[@bakoena82]

You state nothing but the truth.

[@jay02021]

They even say when you drive it out of the garage it loses value 👎🏽

[@just_juice]

"Global warming" to "Climate change"

[@sikhumbuzogamedze]

WOW. This is amazingly beautiful. Thank you for airing this 😍 Where is this place and are visitors allowed? With ❤ from 🇸🇿

[@kalahari9558]

Sandstone Estate, Ficksburg, South Africa

[@ArthurVungaye]

Wow 😮

[@NandiphaJantjies-sm2lm]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤let it continue once again in South Africa . it's remaining previous and psresent generation to future generations ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤it's makes us encourage tremendously ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jeraldrabie7392]

I was a locomotive fitter on the Railway

[@martieschutte7684]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢ou trein was goed....ons het skool tie gery ......

[@tmh4024]

YOU LOOK SO CLASSY LADIES!🤩🥰

[@corneels8376]

🎉cool🚜

[@manyananihlwatika726]

This is beautiful Igutsi

[@henniefourie9730]

That's were I started my career in 1976 it's in my blood

[@doug282]

Efficiency!!

[@jonodouglas]

Speak about the Apple Express and how the ANC ruined it

[@GadgeteerZA]

I hope it can attract some tourism income. What with load shedding though, and our ongoing reliance on coal, I'd not be surprised to see steam making a comeback ;-)

[@alroydavey5023]

And we have coal. These could be used on certain routes

[@DaveThompson_thedave]

Why you guys filming in interlaced?

[@juliencooper177]

We should see women and girls up there, they did not have those opportunities shared however, there were and are girls and women interested and in a small number of places active. They may stay passionately on or may be eager to move on to modern diesels from what is learned. On a video from elsewhere, a woman asked several times if she could join the crew and she's a permanent member running steam, its her passion. Another video has a woman and tge video provider said she had gone to deisels. As we should always comment respectfully under all these videos which this and some other video providers rightfully expect, there may be more reason for everyone keeping things right all around if we see more women active, and normalize everywhere women and girls following in their parents' and grandparents' footsteps. I hope this will become an action plan where this video was done, add daughters to the experience and open to women learning and doing what they love to do. 😊

[@Redwing635s]

before steam we used electricity now we use diesel in the land before time there was cables today we have the gravy train but thats just for now someone is building his house on the tracks

[@Yesterdie02]

wHY ARE these machines not being used on local Routes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatetsobishop4455]

Air polution

[@Thuso-21]

love them ,but the pollution

[@brendonnel6593]

More than the 200+ cars on the road replacing just 1 train? Nevermind the destruction on the roads by trucks transporting the trains cargo which leads to infrastructure deterioration meaning tar, more diesel burned to repair the road?

[@Thuso-21]

@@brendonnel6593 that's y I ride a bicycle

[@chapter9363]

😅😅😅😅you are being misled, pollution will be with us forever, go to Durban terminal and you will see how much cool is going overseas

[@brendonnel6593]

@@Thuso-21 you going to carry a delivery from the port to its destination on your back while you cycle?

[@Thuso-21]

@@brendonnel6593 🤣🤣🤣😂I have my grandmother for that