GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle' on the turntable at the Didcot Railway Centre.

Timeless Perfection: GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle'

Day's End: GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle' at the Didcot Railway Centre.

''Garratt beneath an African sky.'' The magnificent GMAM Garratt lies silent beneath A STARY SKY.

GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle' on Shed. Photo taken during a TimeLine Events Nightshoot'

GWR 4079 'Pendennis Castle' on Shed. Photo taken during a TimeLine Events Nightshoot'. The Castle Class 4-6-0 is one of the most celebrated locomotive types of the former Great Western Railway. ... (more)

Sandstone Estate's on loan GMAM (No.4079) to Reefsteamers is seen here, storming the slight gradient leading into Luipaardsvlei, Krugersdorp.

Sunrise on a highveld winter morning. A South African Airways Airbus A340 is on final approach to O.R.Tambo International Airport, the passengers and crew no doubt oblivious to the steam action be... (more)

A little too late, but the fireman's hands tell it all....HOKAAI! (Stop!). Sandstone Heritage Trust's ex- SAR class GMAM garratt attempting to take water at Reefsteamers' Germiston depot, during a... (more)

Reefsteamers´s mighty Garratt GMAM #4079 was one of the four "big" engines under steam at the photographer´s event early Saturday morning. Worth getting up so early, don´t you think? © www.... (more)

Currently the only operational GMAM garratt locomotive in South Africa, no.4079 "Lyndie Lou" is owned by the Sandstone Heritage Trust and is on loan to Reefsteamers. Here she is seen blasting up t... (more)

The GMAM Garratt locomotive named Lyndie Lou is stored in working order in the Germiston shed.

Sadly, the traditional brass number plates on the sides of SAR locomotives, that even survived the transition into the diesel and electric era, will soon be no more. The remaining plates are remo... (more)

The most beautiful lady on African rails, by far! Rovos Rail's ex SAR Class GMAM Garratt and her permanently coupled water wagon on the wye at Capital Park.

Shown a green flag to enter the Capital Park yard across Paul Kruger Street. The water wagon is permanently coupled to Rovos Rail's Garratt, and is even fitted with a headlight for reverse runnin... (more)