Six different classes of Beyer-Garratt locomotive on two gauges return to their home rails in Natal and the Cape.

Thrill to the sight and sound of these giants of steam hauling freight and passenger on South Africa's steepest main lines.

Stars of the show are:

GF Class 4-6-2 - 2-6-4 No. 2380 on the 1 in 33 gradients of theGreytown line, and running to Riverside past the aloe slopes of theIngangwana Gorge.

GMA/M Class 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 No. 4709 storming the reverse curves of the Cape Natal line between Deepdale and Donnybrook.

GO Class 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 No. 2575 winds through the Outeniqua Range northern approaches in stunning early morning light.

GEA Class 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 No. 4023 literally shakes the mountainas it storms out of Tunnel 5 on the Montagu Pass, South AfricanRailways' most spectacular location on a rail system of world classphotographic potential.

On the famous 2ft gauge lines of Natal, we see South Africa'soldest working Garratt, Class NGG11 2-6-0+0-6-2 No. 55 on the Paton'sCountry Railway.

We close with the "Toy Train By The Ocean", the stunninglybeautiful Alfred County Railway with its Class NGG16 Garratts on theHibiscus Coast.

The commentary gives full technical and topographic information.

Old black and white film shows the arrival and test running of the Class GEA Garratts in 1946.