RN 157 - A serious narrow gauge train on a serious estate.

The attached photographs shows probably the longest narrow gauge train ever worked by steam anywhere at anytime. Two NGG 16 Garratts and an NG15 is seen here working a 48 wagon train at Sandstone Estates in the Eastern Free State of South Africa.

The wagons were pulled by:
NG16 No. 113
NG16 No. 49
NG15 No. 17

The list of wagons are as follows:

1.	B-wagon	2926
2.	B-wagon	2436
3.	B-wagon	1125
4.	B-wagon	1136
5.	B-wagon	922
6.	B-wagon	2947
7.	B-wagon	921
8.	B-wagon	1146
9.	B-wagon	1680
10.	B-wagon	2951
11.	DZ	1405
12.	DZ	1976
13.	DZ	862
14.	Ay	2806
15.	Ay	2032
16.	O-wagon	4000
17.	O-wagon	3733
18.	OZ	3197
19.	GZ	2834
20.	QZ	180
21.	V-15	2814
22.	V-16	3175
23.	PE-coach	52
24.	PE-coach	67
25.	DZ	2901
26.	Passenger	185 (ex G)
27.	Open coach	Ex DZ
28.	Saloon	Ex B
29.	Dinning car	3185 (ex V-15)
30	O	4003
31	S2	3293
32.	S2	3570
33.	GZ	2836
34.	S2	3571
35.	S2	3579ex 1699
36	V-16	3178
37.	B	2454
38	V-16	3171
39	B	1629
40	B
41	B	1812
42	B	1118
43	B	931
44	B	2260
45	B	2273
46	DZ	1722
47	B	2464
48	G	2819
Loco	Driver	Fireman
113	P Maurer	P Ackerman
49	J Bunch(WHR)	A Shaw (WHR)
17	G Jubileus	D van Zyl

A seriously spectacular sight!

Coming up to Grootdraai.

Coming around the bend at Grootdraai. You can see the rest of the train snaking in the background.