Following the Red Devil's restoration and my coverage of the process, the next step in this saga would naturally be a chase to capture the locomotive in service.
Knowing the prospective route reasonably well I calculated that four trips should generate the amount of footage I'd require to create a decent three-part video series. (Three Day)
Since its completion in 2018, the locomotive has been used on five occasions. Sadly, some of these excursions ended and started with a number of last-minute failures. The first ended prematurely on Saturday evening and the remaining three were non-starters which saw alternative locomotives being used. The German Locomotive Club tour was, however, a ranging success.
Unfortunately, not only did this deny me the opportunity to capture the footage I required. It also saddled me with a pile of footage captured over three trips featuring three different locomotives. After, going to all the effort of filing leave, travelling to Cape Town and many other arrangements there's no point in calling it off at the last minute and so I pressed on.
This three-part series will put some of this unplanned material to use. I have tried to alternate the footage and add footnotes to aid in identification. The third occasion I decided not to waste my time and waited for the train closer to home instead. Picking up the chase on the outskirts of Wolseley near a bridge commonly know "rooibrug" or red bridge.
Admittedly I'm not very happy with the way this turned out. The video doesn't really flow and I incorrectly set the stabilisation function on the Panasonic while filming the 19B. Also, ended up discarding a lot of the footage due to a rather large array of problems. They can't all be winners... or so they say. So perhaps this series will be followed by a fourth blooper reel video.
2 окт 2024
