South African Steam "The Union LTD" 1992 Part 4 *Derick Stander*

[@johnbeck2042]

As children growing up in Wynberg, Cape Town, we always were exposed to steam locomotives, and what an impact they have made on our lives! We loved the steamers which transported we Capies from Cape Town central to as far as Simon's Town. Granny would take us up the road to Wynberg Station where we would watch these amazing steam engines stop, start and chuff their way both down and up. The railway from Cape Town to Simon's Town is slghtly downhill and the return trip slightly uphill, and dear old Granny would explain to us the reason for the different chuffing sounds. The uphill route would cause the engine to say " I think I can, I think I can, I think I can", and the downhill route engines said "I knew I could, I knew I could, I knew I could" - at a faster pace! I wonder if anyone out there has such lovely memories of Cape Town's suburban railways. I am eighty years young, and the memories remain wonderful! We nicknamed those steam engines with smoke deflectors "Big Bills". Such a pity that these machines and their expert human masters no longer exist!

[@NkosazanaNomoyi]

Love south African steam

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