South African Steam: Steam & Snow - 19B & 19D Willowmore - Toorwaterpoort - Oudtshoorn - August 2002

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Follow the Union Limited from Willowmore through the spectacular Toorwaterpoort to Oudtshoorn. Locomotives 19B 1412 and 19D 2698 provide the power, and they steam like clockwork throughout the day. Apart from the amazing stretch of line through Toorwaterpoort, another highlight of this video is the train running through the foothills of the Groot Swartberg, which is wearing a mantle of snow after some wild weather the previous day.

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@williamlabuschagne3035 2 года назад

This is so good love the steam and it's vibe it creates.

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Thanks. Toorwaterpoort is such an amazing place

@viviennehart14 10 лет назад

I did this trip in the opposite direction, the river on the right was dry, but there was a cloudburst in the mountains, and we saw the wall of water coming downstream, just as well that we were running late, or our photographers would have been stranded on the opposite bank! Thanks for the fantastic memories you have brought back, of the incredible sound in the Poort, and the lovely sound of the 2 exhausts beating in unison!

@steamfreak Год назад

Thank you, it's a truly incredible place!

@mrsp3992 3 года назад

What a sight and sound! Thanks for posting!

@steamfreak 3 года назад

Thanks!

@rigidfinger 6 лет назад

A splendid duet of steam! The sights and sounds are wonderful, loved every minute of it, thank you!

@steamfreak 6 лет назад

+rigidfinger I'm glad you liked it! It is certainly amazing country for a railway!

@jimyoung2188 10 лет назад

A good driver on 19B getting the loco back in unison, loved the echos through that gorge, a really good video thankyou

@steamfreak Год назад

That Toorwaterpoort really is a magic place.

@crewkerne40 10 лет назад

Wonderful video,wish I had been on that train,only been to Oudtshoorn once and that was in 1976,arrieved there behind a Garratt,ah memories!.Thanks for posting the video.Alan.

@steamfreak Год назад

Cheers Alan. Great country with great trains back in the day...

@nikosjk1 6 лет назад

Amazing, the shots in the gorge are just awesome. Did not know such scenery existed in South Africa.

@steamfreak 6 лет назад

+RailScapes - Trains & Travel South Africa has some amazing scenery, and lots with trains running through...

@Deontjie 4 года назад

Nice trip on an off-road bike.

@tedmichel8999 5 лет назад

Awesome Awesome Awesome .... I traveled whole of South Africa like this back in the 70's and 80s as a school kid, very nostalgic....

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Ah man that must have been awesome!

@1234fulopa 5 лет назад

this is so way beautifull, i am so incredibly greatfull this has been captured

@steamfreak 5 лет назад

Thank you. It is certainly an enchanted place!

@1hermannk 7 лет назад

Beautiful video, especially as I know Willowmore and surrounds very well. The Toorwaterpoort trip is amazing. You can here the echos in the poort as the train, seemingly like a toy train, winds it way past the massive gorge. Too bad the Rosmead-Klipplaat-Oudsthoorn line is closed...

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Thank you! Yes, a special part of the world.

@frankishknight1878 8 лет назад

I just love these South African trains!

@steamfreak Год назад

They are amazing!

@mindispower1 10 лет назад

I rode a lot of steam in the 60's/70's from King Williams town to Cape Town. Thanks for the memories.

@nkosinathigatsheni5874 9 лет назад

George Koen .Great experience.How was it ?

@georgekoen6972 9 лет назад

Nkosinathi Gatsheni I must clarify that I was a passenger and it was amazing. I fell in love Nkosinathi.

@khurshidali1928 6 лет назад

Dileep Kumar movies

@steamfreak Год назад

Good times! Mostly just a memory now, sadly...

@igel74 Год назад

Отличное видео!

@steamfreak Год назад

Thanks

@mpeterll 3 года назад

Awesome shots, just subbed. Thanks for posting.

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Cheers!

@quintoflyer 4 года назад

fantastic video

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Thanks! It was a great trip

@nikanaughty 2 года назад

If we build it again, they will come. Few places in the world can boast the scenery from Oudtshoorn, George to Knysna over the Outiniqua mountains.

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Yes, incredible scenery and amazing railways

@inyobill 8 лет назад

I was "Looks cold for August", then I thought "Hm, south Africa, never mind", he he he.

@steamfreak Год назад

Ah yes that hemisphere thing!

@highphysics3617 5 лет назад

The Toorwaterpoort section is stunning beyonds words.Magnificent.Unbelievable.

@steamfreak 5 лет назад

It is a truly magical place.

@user-hh3ws5xb5l 5 лет назад

Очень красиво расположена дорога. А тяга поезда в два паровоза выглядит, как будто с другой планеты!

@frikbrits6335 5 лет назад

You should also watch this one :: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VZdURcRjEXM.html

@steamfreak 2 года назад

Thanks!

@benediktmorak4409 Год назад

magnificent film. even if it is 20 years old already. nothing better than steam and a cold day. but what makes me wonder. why are the locos working so ahrd_ after all they have only a few passenger coaches at the hook. and not 100 wagons iron ore from Saldanha?

@steamfreak Год назад

Thank you! I think it may have been working extra hard for the adoring cameras...

@tonycrocisi9242 8 лет назад

I am from USA and love the stream engine

@steamfreak Год назад

I love them too!

@Preyser123 5 лет назад

I love that whistle from 1412!

@steamfreak 2 года назад

It really is music to the ears...

@tedwilks 9 лет назад

Spectacular!!

@steamfreak Год назад

Thanks!

@bobsanders2353 8 лет назад

Engines going in and out of syn. Havn't heard that since 136 and 1057 battling to the summit out of Hamilton, Ontario !!! great

@steamfreak Год назад

They sound great!

@alhambrada 8 лет назад

Amazing

@steamfreak Год назад

Thanks!

@robbieperez3385 9 лет назад

I just love the south African steam engines, Garratts and all. Its like it is a law that manufacturers cannot make these in HO, East African locomotives as well. MTH HO trains needs to make these.

@nigelslade5276 3 года назад

No HO models of 59 class EA Gattatt

@steamfreak Год назад

There are a few available in HO but quite expensive

@hawkeye0248 9 лет назад

Sweet memories.

@steamfreak Год назад

Yes, good times!

@nomon95 6 лет назад

the train in climbing,at 7:50 some slipping is present.The first loco release some steam pressure,both go at full power.

@steamfreak 6 лет назад

Right on!

@mrrollmax 3 года назад

Once the engine has done a round 70 yards you can close the drain valves on the cylinders, otherwise you loose some power on the engine. I have worked steam engines and boilers on Ships.

@steamfreak 3 года назад

The cylinder cocks operate on the exhaust stroke, so they shouldn't cause any power loss.

@garthvictor 10 лет назад

Wow! What awesome footage this is. Well done to whoever took the time to record this.. The firemen must have been kept pretty busy maintaining that head of steam. Is the water tender between the 2 locos standard or a recent design? Thanks for the upload........sheer joy!!!!!!!!

@budgie8264 5 лет назад

Nope. They run on diesel the reason for the tanker behind in place of the coal wagon.

@steamfreak Год назад

Thanks. It was formerly a 19 class tender, converted to water tank purposes.

@Deontjie 7 лет назад

The Toorwaterpoort was great on my scrambler. But difficult. Local farmer thinks the railway line belongs to him.

@steamfreak 7 лет назад

+Deon Van der Westhuizen I hope you didn't end up on the wrong end off a firearm!

@Deontjie 7 лет назад

We really met a local farmer who was convinced that the railroad, station, and public road belongs to him. If I were living in the middle of nowhere I would capture any travelers just for the new conversation. The reluctant farmer tried his best to persuade us not to go "over his land" through his poort. But we were friendly and committed. We thought we could use our off-road motorbikes to ride in the dry river bed, but that was impossible. We had to ride on the tracks. The new concrete sleepers made the journey very bumpy. Speed-limit for the train is only 15 km/h through the poort, so we were safe. We found about 30 dead big tortoises between the tracks. We assume they got trapped between the tracks and starved to death.

@articulatedloco 10 лет назад

Hi Trevor ! Absolutely fantastic !!!!! Incredible sound in Toorwater Poort. I'm a retired sound engineer & loved it. Superb photography. Any chance of buying a DVD copy of this ? Noel Tyler

@steamfreak Год назад

Hi Noel, sorry for the very belated response... I never made DVD's of this footage. Happy to provide a better quality digital file. Let me know.

@HamzahVerster 5 лет назад

Bliksem! Maar hoekom so stadig? Gly sy clutch ?

@steamfreak 5 лет назад

😂 Ja. Sy clutch is nou stukkend...

@Deontjie 8 лет назад

My next XR650R trip. If the stupid ANC can not keep our heritage alive, I will do it on my scrambler.

@PAVANZYL 8 лет назад

+Deon Van der Westhuizen: Ek wil saam kom!

@Deontjie 8 лет назад

+PAVANZYL deon.at.roofs.co.za

@steamfreak Год назад

Did you end up doing the trip on your bike?

@Deontjie Год назад

@@steamfreak Yep, I posted the photos at the locations on Google Earth. Luckily most survived when Panoramio was discontinued by Google.

@austrorus 7 лет назад

it is a great video and great landscape. but it needs a little comment as well. watch - Eisenbahn Romantik - a steam series done by Hagen von Ortloff, this is how videos are to be. and your thumbs up will be by the thousands not just a few hundred.

@steamfreak Год назад

Thanks, I'll have a look.

@hawkeye-vv4kb 7 лет назад

Kyk net van melewe se kondukteurswa (2e van agter) en dan die skaars (ek raai) ammunisiewa op die einde.

@steamfreak 2 года назад

The rear wagon is the refrigerator van

@alphaone101 6 лет назад

Did they really need 2 locomotives just to pull 10 passenger cars?

@steamfreak 6 лет назад

Yes, they are heavyweight cars and the locomotives are branch line locomotives. One could probably have done it, but 2 look good!

@nomon95 6 лет назад

And sure are gradients present,the force applied ti the wheels are alternative,not constant,,so more pistons,,more continuity thr force. this is a cause to a possible slipping.