South African Industrial Steam 1990 Vryheid Colliery & Coke works

A few scenes recorded in 1990 at Vryheid 'Coronation Colliery' in South Africa. Most of the internal traffic at the time was worked by their North British built 4-8-2 and 4-8-4T locos, two of which are seen going about their business here. There's also a fleeting glimpse of a Bo-Bo Diesel which worked the 'main line' to the exchange sidings (and the GEA class Garratt - not in steam- on shed which deputised for the latter when it wasn't available). Most of the Colliery was a well manicured campus like place from memory, shame it's now closed. We were also lucky in being able to visit the associated Coke works as well ...a place which we'd been told we'd never get admission to.

[@andrewthacker114]

Good clip

[@foreversteam]

The footage is fantastic but it has no sound - did you upload with sound? My appologies, there is sound - my PC on the blink!

[@7822welshsteam]

Wow. Proper British-built industrial steam at work and possibly some of the best thrash I've ever seen or heard. I would have paid to have had that job!

[@vhdplaza]

Wow. What a blast from the past. I lived in Coronation from '72 to '85 remember those trains well. We used to jump rides on the coal trucks being pulled by those trains.

[@sceloxaba4497]

How was it then?

[@foreversteam]

Is this at East Daggfontein Mine, do you have any footage of the Class J 4-8-4T, apparently was No.2 at East Daggafontein Mine.