At the end of 2019 the Germiston steam train group “reefsteamers” sadly had to close their doors. Although I was not a member I attended a number of their very special events with great photo opportunities.

Two of the events were held at their depot in Germiston in 2016 and 2019 respectively. They also arranged an annual trip by steam train to Magaliesburg. The first trip in 2016 also had an arranged fly pass over the train by an old bi-plane. The 2018 trip had more old planes and a string of vintage cars. These all provided wonderful photo opportunities as can be seen below.

It is sad that this project had to close down, but it clearly was expensive to maintain the big black steamy beasts and the helpful and skilled staff were getting older and already advanced on pension!

Enjoy some of the great memories with me: