As well as our Summer Steam Festival in February 2021 we shall be holding an Easter Steam Festival from the 2ndto the 5th April 2021. Come and join us for some steamy fun!
Full details are on the PDF
After our very successful Spring Steam Festival in November 2020, which brought some fun back to the Free State after an extended Covid 19 lockdown, we shall be hosting another event at the end of February 2021 with more fun for our visitors.
From the 26th February until 28th February Sandstone will be offering train rides together with walking tours of the Sandstone Heritage collection. Enjoy a tour of the world famous heritage collection or just chill out at the Waenhuis Restaurant after a slow ride behind the Sandstone oxen, but most of all come and have fun with us!
Entrance is R230 for adults and R145 for children under 12.
Trains will run from 10h00 on Friday 26th , Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th with the last train at 16h00 each day.
Please note that strict Covid 19 protocols will be followed and no one will be admitted if not wearing a mask. A screened temperature over 37.5 degrees will also result in non-admittance together with other members of the party.
For enquiries: Call 051 933 2235 or 071 658 6970
There is no doubt that the Covid 19 pandemic reduced the number of visitors compared with previous years but given that there was no Cherry Festival in 2020 we were very happy at Sandstone with our event. Covid 19 seems to have closed down many things but not Sandstone! Watch this space for our next event in January 2021!
Here are some statistics from the weekend:
James Atwell attended our Spring Festival and produced a wonderful album of the event. Click on the link:
With the festival over on Sunday 22nd November, it was time to put NGG16 number 153 to bed. Not many people realise the hard work required in preparing a steam locomotive for storage after a hard day’s work. Driver Mark Ruddy sent us this video and two still photographs of the effort required to dispose of the fire and ash in NGG16 number 153 by himself and fireman Shawn Spaan so that she may rest until her next assignment.
Watch Short Video Here
The final day of our very successful Spring Festival with a wrap up gallery for the day.
The third day of our Spring Festival. Our gallery shows more visitors together with a fly in guest today. NGG16 number 153 was the loco on our train for the day.
The second day of our Spring Festival. Our gallery shows more visitors today with NGG16 number 153 on our train for the day and a number of other attractions that were seen on the train travels at Sandstone. You can still join us as the Spring Festival runs through Saturday ending on Sunday November 22nd.
You can see full details on: https://www.sandstone-estates.com/index.php/railway-heritage-58/39-railway-heritage/3485-the-sandstone-spring-steam-festival-19-22-november-2020
