South African Steam Festival 1991 - Part 1.

Filmed by Chinarail1 (Peter Crush of Hong Kong ) from 30 Sep- 4 Aug 1991. The steam tour boarded SAR vintage sleeping car rolling stock, departing from Johannesburg station before heading to Kimberley where renowned railway and wild-life artist , the late David Shepherd took delivery of 4-8-2 Class 15F locomotive No. 3052 built by North British Locomotive Works in 1944. The locomotive , City of Germiston but renamed Avril ( after David’s wife) had been gifted to Shepherd by SA Railways. The engine is now preserved at Sandstone in the South Africa’s Eastern Free State province. Shepherd may be seen on the video at the Kimberly hand-over ceremony towards the end of Part 1 ( tape counter 0.35 minutes)