A MyCapeTown selected video about Royal Cape Yacht Club:
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NOTE: This video has been reloaded to correct an AUDIO “hic-ups” PROBLEM in the clip uploaded a few days ago – Much better now I think 🙂
CERES RAIL COMPANY: 2016-12-03 08h30 CRC’s JESSICA (19D #3321) north of Kraaifontein on her way to Ceres.
More information:
Currently Ceres Rail Company runs return trip steam trains on sheduled Saturdays between the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town and Ceres. Departure is at 07:30am from outside the Royal Cape Yacht Club and arrival back from Ceres is at 18:30. The train makes her way to Ceres, travelling through Wellington, Nuwekloof Pass, Wolseley, Michell’s Pass and then reach Ceres Golf Estate at about 12:00. At Ceres Golf Estate, passengers disembark and then can, if they had booked for lunch with CRC, have a buffet style lunch at Ceres Golf Club. Passengers board the train again for departure back to Cape Town at around 13:45 to leave at 14:00. The departure and arrival address is: Duncan Road, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
Ceres Rail Company: http://www.ceresrail.co.za/
Locomotives:
JESSICA – Class 19D – 3321, Jessica – manufactured in the UK in 1948 with 235 of its kind being placed in service in South Africa between 1937 and 1949. It has a 4-8-2 Mountain-type wheel arrangement and a Watson Standard boiler. Jessica has been converted into an oil-burner to be used during the dry season.
South African Class 19D 4-8-2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_19D_4-8-2
BAILEY – Class 19B – 1412, Bailey was manufactured in 1930 in Germany and was virtually identical to the Class 19 locomotives with the exception of the wheelbase of the front bogie. It also has a 4-8-2 Mountain-type wheel arrangement and a Watson Standard boiler. She remains a coal-burner and therefor is only available during the wet season.
South African Class 19B 4-8-2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_19B_4-8-2
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