Our Digitally Remastered Series are bigger, better and in stunning HD for the very first time! These are the original programmes which have been put through the upscale and remastering treatment with improvements to audio, colour balance, contrast and most of all - picture quality. Some of the trains featured here were never filmed in HD or in broadcast quality. Now, for the first time - you can enjoy just that!
Steam in South Africa 2000.
The Union Limited Maluti ran from Cape Town via Kimberley, Port Elizabeth, George and Knysna back to Cape Town, visiting little used branch lines such as Barkly East with its six reverses. It includes both the Lootsberg and Montagu Passes and has plenty of fast running on the main lines. Steam hard at work on the 100 plus runby's made in some of the world's most stunning scenery. Loco's include the famous "Red Devil", Classes 23, 24, 19D and 5 different classes of Beyer Garratt, including the narrow gauge 2' NG16.
Two weeks on the Union Limited Maluti with 15 different SAR steam locomotives, journeying from Cape Town via Kimberley, Bloemfontein, The Barkly East Branch, the Lootsberg Pass, Port Elizabeth, The Montagu Pass, the museum line from George to Knysna, the Branch to Prince Alfred Hamlet and the narrow gauge Apple Express, Classes 23, 19D, 24, the famous Class 26 "The Red Devil", plus four classes of Garratt, GO, GF, GL and GMAM. NG16 Garratt on the Apple Express 2' gauge.
Produced by - Belhurst Productions
Running time - 60 Minutes
Blu-ray and DVD
Released - 2000
Re-released - November 2023
