Reefsteamers at Hamburg

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Reefsteamers going through Hamburg station.

[Derek Walker]

There is a Reefsteamers train going through to Magaliesberg tomorrow (21 Feb) according to the newspaper. Which is the best spot to photograph her close to Maraisburg station? I hope to get some pics if I can tomorrow and am going on the trip on the 7th of March. Hopefully "Lyndie Lou" will be doing the dirty work, or maybe my favourite "Susan".

[Nathan Berelowitz]

Magnificent locomotive, and so super clean. Looks impressive. Nice photo.

[Derek Walker]

Right... somebody slipped up. No train appeared. I suspect that the newspaper ad was wrong which was very dissapointing. I did get some pics of 2 goods trains and that was about all. sigh.
Have to wait till the 7th I guess.

[John Ashworth]

Derek, don't Reefsteamers advertise their trains on their website?

With FOTR you can always check our train schedule on our main website (www.friendsoftherail.com) and can also confirm with a quick question to the forum here.

[Derek Walker]

John, they advertise the trains that they are physically "hosting", those that have been charted by some other groups do not get mentioned on their website any longer. The ad I saw appeared in a local paper where I stay advertising the train and it was not mentioned as being specifically a Reefsteamers one. But chances are RS would have been running the engine for them. Its not a disaster though, Its just that I wonder how many people saw the ad, contacted the number and ended up dissapointed? I do know the next RS train is March 7.

[John Ashworth]

Ah, that makes sense, and in fact we do the same on our main website. But the added advantage of having a forum like ours is that questions can be asked and answered pretty quickly.

Better luck next time!

[Nathan Berelowitz]

Many of the SANRASM group in Krugersdorp, use the Reef Steamers locomotives on their trains. That probably explains why there are some "unknown" workings!

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Nathan is correct.

Derek - saw your post on "where to take pics" above - missed it previously. Sorry! Do you live in the area - I do, so maybe we should get together for the odd photo outing?

Send me a PM or e-mail with your telephone number if you are interested.....

[Derek Walker]

Kevin, I live in Horizon, maybe we should all see who is in this area and go visit Millsite, I would love ID's on some of the loco's. A PM is on its way.