We have received an influx of articles appearing which covered various aspects of our heritage programme here in South Africa...
Narrow Gauge World magazine, from the UK, has always been a major supporter of Sandstone and recently featured the Germiston 3’6” gauge locomotive moves that finalised the relocation of our broader gauge assets to Sandstone for display.
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The highly regarded Narrow Gauge News magazine from the UK has given us a short feature on the Bloemfontein 3’6” loco moves
The press in the Germiston area, courtesy of the Caxton Group and their reporter Charmaine Slater, has given us good coverage of our locomotive moves from Germiston and will be following up with further stories of the locomotive arrivals at Sandstone.
Click here to view the Bedfordview and Edenvale News and the Germiston City News in PDF format or click on the links below for the on line editions.
https://kemptonexpress.co.za/321774/final-goodbye-to-the-ladies/
https://bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za/481385/locos-make-final-journey/
https://germistoncitynews.co.za/282126/all-aboard-one-final-time/
Heritage Railway magazine has given us an excellent article on our recent 3’6” gauge locomotive moves to Sandstone. John Titlow, who attended Stars of Sandstone 2019, gives the in depth story. Click here to read.
At time when tourism is under threat from the pandemic it is good to see positive publicity for attractions in South Africa. Rove SA online edition for September 2021, recently covered a visit to Sandstone, enjoy the read!
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/