Steam Fever

[@Adventurescot]

I still watch this great video over and over and over. It is a great clip of Geoff, John and myself during our footplate days. Better still the day it was taken we were on the Red Devil. Sadly my great driver and friend John Gilberthorpe passed away in 2018. He was a true gentleman and I as fireman had great respect for him. The pair of us got on great as a team. Thankfully Geoff is still with us and even after all these years we still cat loads about those great days we had on steam. So hard to believe its now over 30 years ago that steam ended. If it was still on the go then the 3 of us for sure would still be working on it. Thanks for posting, Richard Niven(Adventurescot)

[@hennie781]

I met him in De Aar when i was Chiefshedman there, 1988 to 1992. Didn't know he passed away. My condolences.😢

[@peachy7776]

What a find! Thank you for uploading this, now i am nostalgic not only for steam trains but also for my beloved homeland

[@agonsfitness7308]

Remember watching this documentary with my dad. Sad what has happened to SA's railroads and the country ad a whole.

[@nachoqualsevol554]

27:05 A small brass plaque is seen, L.D. PORTA, that stands for Livio Dante Porta, the argentine engineer that conceived most of the modifications to the "Red Devil". Sad but true, such a talent on steam technology that arrived late... Greetings from Argentina!

[@brucepanny5010]

Brilliant commentary ... Richard Attenbro at his best ... hilarious ... having hunted africa for 38 years and traveled behind many of the iron horses i can relate to the whole verbal picture dad was a steam enthusiast and it got passed on in the dna ... thank you ... good memories

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

Richard Attenborough? I hope you are kidding, mate. It's Hugh Rouse.

[@sirbarongaming2138]

I'm just glad that "from my perspective" more people are getting into steam locomotive restoration projects around the world

[@Brommear]

Thank you for this video! I grew up with steam engines going through our village in the Western Cape. Later I was fortunate to spend some time at the Koedoespoort railway workshops in Pretoria where these magnificent beasts were maintained - from casting steel still made with Bessemer converters, through steam hammers making the giant connecting rods to white metal bearings. I wish I was a film maker in those times! Now I watch your video in Patagonia.

[@tardis9326]

How did you end up moving to pategonia!? I'm joining the UK after leaving sa

[@otnielmattos3237]

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[@anilpille189]

This time never came again

[@aristideduplessis8151]

Thanks for this - I used to watch this over and over as a kid!

[@clivedavis6859]

Great video thanks. I and my friends spent many of our holidays at the Witput hotel, chasing the steam locos between Kimberley and De Aar doing much of what is shown in this video.

[@sydneymartin6941]

The beast in motion is is really beauty at its best No wonder I have such a great love for those machines Proud to have fired them

[@anilpille189]

Beautiful memories

[@otnielmattos3237]

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[@harveysmith5914]

What year was this?

[@clarko95]

From the looks of the haircuts, cameras, cars, etc. I would assume mid- to late-1980s. Per Wikipedia, South African Railways phased out commercial steam almost entirely by 1994-1995 (keyword: almost), and in the documentary they say that steam will be phased out "in 8 years", so that would put the video as 1985 - 1987.

[@harveysmith5914]

@@clarko95 thank you

[@peachy7776]

in the video he said it was 1985

[@Adventurescot]

The shots of John and I on the Red Devil were 1990 and the shots of us chatting (me with that horrible hair style ;-) was at our house same year

[@harveysmith5914]

@@Adventurescot thank you