Sandstone Heritage Trust – Rail News

RN 157 – A serious narrow gauge train on a serious estate.

The attached photographs shows probably the longest narrow gauge train ever worked by steam anywhere at anytime. Two NGG 16 Garratts and an NG15 is seen here working a 48 wagon train at Sandstone Estates in the Eastern Free State of South Africa.

The wagons were pulled by:
NG16 No. 113
NG16 No. 49
NG15 No. 17

The list of wagons are as follows:

1.

B-wagon

2926

2.

B-wagon

2436

3.

B-wagon

1125

4.

B-wagon

1136

5.

B-wagon

922

6.

B-wagon

2947

7.

B-wagon

921

8.

B-wagon

1146

9.

B-wagon

1680

10.

B-wagon

2951

11.

DZ

1405

12.

DZ

1976

13.

DZ

862

14.

Ay

2806

15.

Ay

2032

16.

O-wagon

4000

17.

O-wagon

3733

18.

OZ

3197

19.

GZ

2834

20.

QZ

180

21.

V-15

2814

22.

V-16

3175

23.

PE-coach

52

24.

PE-coach

67

25.

DZ

2901

26.

Passenger

185 (ex G)

27.

Open coach

Ex DZ

28.

Saloon

Ex B

29.

Dinning car

3185 (ex V-15)

30

O

4003

31

S2

3293

32.

S2

3570

33.

GZ

2836

34.

S2

3571

35.

S2

3579ex 1699

36

V-16

3178

37.

B

2454

38

V-16

3171

39

B

1629

40

B

 

41

B

1812

42

B

1118

43

B

931

44

B

2260

45

B

2273

46

DZ

1722

47

B

2464

48

G

2819

Loco

Driver

Fireman

113

P Maurer

P Ackerman

49

J Bunch(WHR)

A Shaw (WHR)

17

G Jubileus

D van Zyl

RN_157_01
A seriously spectacular sight!
Coming up to Grootdraai.
RN_157_03
Coming around the bend at Grootdraai. You can see the rest of the train snaking in the background.

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