We have received an influx of articles appearing which covered various aspects of our heritage programme here in South Africa...
A great article on our loco moves from Bloemfontein to Sandstone with many thanks to Paul Ash and Times Live.
Click here to read the article: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-08-27-heritage-steam-engines-trade-rail-for-road-to-get-to-new-home/
Although the global Covid 19 pandemic has slowed down international travel considerably, Steam Railway magazine in the UK has taken a proactive approach for when life returns to some form of normality, albeit probably different from what we all remember. Steam Railway has begun a series entitled “Bucket List” featuring venues around the world for rail enthusiasts to visit. The Sandstone Steam Railway is one of the first to be featured in the series and the latest edition of Steam Railway (number 522) published today, August 20th, carries the attached article. Compiled and written by Geoff Cooke, who is the international agent for Sandstone, the article will see potential visitors queueing up to head to South Africa as soon as we can open the doors. Click for PDF - Enjoy the read!
The UK magazine, Tractor and Farming Heritage, has run two articles on Sandstone using classic tractors in an everyday environment.
Read Part 1 and Part 2 from the August 2021 and September 2021 editions.
DSTV Channel, Kyknet, will broadcast a feature on the Sandstone Oxen on March 8 2021 at 21h00. Kyknet is on DSTV Channel 144 and you can view a short teaser below
https://youtu.be/6JSTI6qW74w
The Spring Steam Festival has been gaining momentum with more coverage in the media. You can see what’s trending on the link below:
http://spice4life.co.za/out__about/steam-into-spring-at-the-sandstone-spring/
The Spring Steam Festival has been gaining momentum with extensive coverage in the media. You can see what’s trending on the links below:
One non railway heritage item saved from the demise of the South African National Railway and Steam Museum (SANRASM) was an Aveling & Porter steam roller which became the subject of much research by Derek Rayner from Old Glory magazine in the UK. This steam roller was one of a number of road steam examples rescued from SANRASM but with no documentation, its history was a mystery.
Derek made initial contact with Sandstone in 2017 and then visited in 2019 for the Stars of Sandstone event. After concluding extensive research into the roller, Derek has now traced its origins and history which was featured in an article in the March 2020 edition of Old Glory. Sandstone would like to thank Derek Rayner for his hard work and for shedding light on the history of the Aveling & Porter.
Heritage Railway has featured the pending restoration of NGG16A number 155 in the March 2020 issue.
British Heritage Journalist, John Titlow, was an enthusiastic visitor to Stars of Sandstone 2019 and has written a number of articles for the British Heritage press. The February 2020 edition of Buses magazine has a story on Sandstone’s ex Welkom Bristol bus with some interesting new facts on the vehicle.
Click the links to Read More: Busses 1 & Busses 2
Old Glory, from the UK, is a broad based heritage equipment magazine and has always been a major supporter of Sandstone’s activities. John Titlow, during his visit to South Africa for our Stars of Sandstone event in April 2019, took a short tour around South Africa and has written an article “Preservation South African style” for Old Glory.