We recently hosted the FarRail Group from Germany for a day and a half at Sandstone during a break in their 3’6’ gauge activities with 25NC 3437 and 15F 2976. The tour was co-hosted by the New Cape Central Railway in South Africa.
We recently hosted the FarRail Group from Germany for a day and a half at Sandstone during a break in their 3’6’ gauge activities with 25NC 3437 and 15F 2976. The tour was co-hosted by the New Cape Central Railway in South Africa.
We thought you would enjoy this picture of the smallest locomotive in the Sandstone fleet and the largest. The 1919 built 0-4-0ST “Little Bess” and the 1968 built (and modified in 1990) NGG16A Garratt locomotive number 155. Truly the largest and smallest!
The AY hoppers and SM flat wagons recently supplied by Sandstone to the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway and the Edaville Railway in Maine, USA have now arrived on site in Edaville. Our picture gallery shows the stock being unloaded and a first train lashed together for a short trip down the line. The two railways are planning a “South African” day when the stock has been fully commissioned and we look forward to seeing pictures of that.
Sadly we lost one of our key employees recently from the Livestock Division, Henry Mosito. Henry was a key member of our staff and will be sadly missed.
Sandstone has excellent but limited accommodation on site for our visitors. Accommodation in the surrounding areas has changed over the last few years so we have drawn up a current list of establishments available in the Ficksburg, Fouriesburg and Clarens area that our visitors may wish to use. Please note that publication of the establishments listed does not imply any endorsement of the establishments by Sandstone Estates.
ACCOMMODATION IN SURROUNDING AREAS
Sandstone has decided to offer a number of redundant 2ft narrow gauge wagons forsale. We have listed these in the link below with a full description of the condition ofthe unit. The second link will take you to a photo catalogue of the units listed by the unit number.
The items listed for sale are sold in “as is” condition and prices are on request. All freight wagons will include bogies even if not shown in the picture of the unit.
Prices quoted will be ex works Sandstone Estates (Pty) Ltd, Hoekfontein Farm, near Ficksburg, Free State Province, Republic of South Africa.
Click here to access the listing of the wagons for sale.
Click here to access the photo catalogue of the wagons for sale.
After a period of consolidation at Sandstone during which we have upgraded our security system and introduced full solar powered electricity to the farm we ready to welcome visitors to our first major event for 2024. The Cherry Festival at Sandstone will feature unlimited train rides for all visitors and our smaller rail system, Seb’s Railway will be operational and running through our Game. Changes to the fencing of the Game Camp will ensure that visitors will get views of the various game within the camp. We will also be launching some new coaches for this railway to enhance the experience. We have refurbished two of our smaller coaches with new braking systems for greater passenger safety and in line with the Game Camp location, one coach has been decorated with the Springbok emblem. Where else can you experience game viewing from the slow passage of a steam hauled train?
