Slippery drama at the steam locomotive depot 12AR 15F 25NC

Germiston Steam Locomotive Depot - once a great cathedral of South African Railways steam at one of South Africa’s largest railway junctions. The Germiston Locomotive Depot was once the home to over 150 steam locomotives, with over 300 footplaters, not mention other crew members and admin staff. The great depot operated 24 hours a day.
Founded circa 1896, the depot served Reefsteamers steam locomotives in the 2000’s, albeit on a much smaller scale.
The South African Railways Class 25NC 4-8-4 of 1953 was a class of steam locomotives built between 1953 and 1955 for the South African Railways. The Class 25NC was the non-condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time.
Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1948, 255 of these locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement entered service.
Between 1919 and 1929, the South African Railways placed 67 Class 12A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service. Non-standard new boilers had been fitted from 1943 and the locomotives were reclassified 12AR.

[@philbraithwaite287]

Wow, that brings back so many fond memories, Germiston was indeed a cathedral of steam and light that I fondly remember.🙂

[@robertcousins2668]

Most enjoyable to watch. I miss being at RS.

[@rudolfhough6226]

Rule no 101. Never , never, leave the depot without full sanboxes that work.....and where is the sandbottles?

[@jacqueso8424]

Hope you guys are well. Certainly great work you all are doing( And sacrificing)to keep steam alive and kicking😅. Hope any one of you can help with where i can find drawings of the shunt yard hand throws. I need to model and make these(14 of them) for my SAR layout. Kind regards and Thanks in Advance if any one can assist

[@jacqueso8424]

For the points being changed

[@jnavonoD]

Plenty of sand going down on this day 🙂

[@nigelslade5276]

Very poor sanding equipment. Look at American steam freight locos many have sand feed pipes to each drive wheel

[@wayneking966]

Your coal loader is crying out for some grease.