{"id":52759,"date":"2023-07-06T08:25:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T06:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/pufferbelly-chugs-again-20230704-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:17:34","slug":"pufferbelly-chugs-again-20230704-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/pufferbelly-chugs-again-20230704-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pufferbelly chugs again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was an emotional moment for former steam locomotive drivers and stokers to again hear the familiar whistle and heart-warming sounds of a puffing steam locomotive along two railway tracks in the Northern Cape and Free State last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this was the first time in 35 years that the 3437-steam engine was thundering along, let alone in this part of South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also been 26 years since Steamnet 2000 last operated a train, and 30 years since Transnet operated a steam locomotive in Kimberley or South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ba9acbbf\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8675\/7e5819ae42cb4083b05479c72512cab4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/73bbfec4159a447cb977a644dbc13097.jpg\" title=\"Sianni (3437), a 25 NC-class steam locomotive 3437, puffing past photographers and steam train enthusiasts near Salt Lake in the Kimberley area.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Sianni (3437), a 25 NC-class steam locomotive 3437, puffing past photographers and steam train enthusiasts near Salt Lake in the Kimberley area.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some motorists did a doubletake, not believing their eyes, whilst a group of 80 foreign steam locomotive photographers could not stop capturing different vast Karoo landscapes with the locomotive billowing smoke and steam from its chimney, pulling freight wagons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were poignant moments for Peter Odell, director of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) Steamnet 2000, who, along with other volunteers, put passion, time, and experience in restoring two 25 NC-class locomotives in the Beaconsfield yard over the past three decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They relied on donations to restore the locomotives, though only one was used last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFunctioning locomotives and carriages as well as the passionate interest from foreign tourists and photographers prove there is a niche in the tourism market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are also many opportunities in the local tourist scene, especially for day trips out of Kimberley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInterestingly enough, the best passenger express steam locomotive in Germany also operated its first trip last month since 1977, after ten years of restoration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tour, in partnership with Transnet, was organised by Bernd Seiler from FarRail Tours who had a waiting list for enthusiasts who wanted to photograph steam locomotives on African landscapes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group members came from four continents, mostly from Germany and some from Australia, all avid steam locomotive photographers and videographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_35296fb5\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8675\/bd1978b08a314b608beb168f62db4504.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0a6bd8e80e6e4bc4a34bd3edd671d998.jpg\" title=\"Two diesel locomotives go past the photographers and videographers waiting on the 3437, a 25 NC class steam locomotive.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Two diesel locomotives go past the photographers and videographers waiting on the 3437, a 25 NC class steam locomotive.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"> Photo: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These runs were between Belmont and Broadwaters near Douglas, and between Kimberley and Bloemfontein days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steamnet 2000 volunteers and crew members ensured the locomotives were steamed up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odell says Transnet on a provincial and national level \u201cbent over backwards to accommodate the locomotive and pull it with their diesel locomotives on electrified lines where the steam locomotive is not allowed to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite some technical problems, the organisers ensured the photographers took pictures at preferred spots such as hilltops and across railway bridges, preferably at sunrise or sunset, to capture a glowing glint on the engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wagons were like ones used when steam locomotives still hauled freight and passenger trains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe photographers wanted to recreate the past. They would certainly come on another tour, and hopefully both locomotives will be used.\u201d In this way, Odell looks to the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_b0fc2cbe\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8675\/7e5819ae42cb4083b05479c72512cab4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/73bbfec4159a447cb977a644dbc13097.jpg\" title=\"Sianni (3437), a 25 NC-class steam locomotive 3437, puffing past photographers and steam train enthusiasts near Salt Lake in the Kimberley area.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Sianni (3437), a 25 NC-class steam locomotive 3437, puffing past photographers and steam train enthusiasts near Salt Lake in the Kimberley area.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He says the tour along two railway tracks in the Northern Cape and Free State last week, which required the crew to work tirelessly, was fulfilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBesides the restoration we did the past months and years, we worked three weeks straight for the photographic tour. 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