South African Railways, last working of class 25 condenser 3511

Here we see a clip of the final working of a South African Railways class 25 condensing locomotive. No 3511 was at the time the only working example left and was at the time preserved. On this day in June 1992 we were booked to work a goods to De Aar and back with this wonderful beast. At De Aar the temp was about -7 Celsius and so it looks like the machine is leaking all over. As you will notice this loco has no beat but a rather soft whine which can be heard more as the driver shuts the regulator and the turbines start to slow down. As we pass through Kraankuil we pass a enthusiast special worked by 15CA 2828 which later joins us at Orange river. Despite this class 25 standing idle for many months she performed great on this occasion and never gave us a single problem the whole way to De Aar and back. The final clip of the train heading through Witput station was taken by a linesider who I only knew as Chris at the time. Sadly this was to be her last and final working and since then has been standing idle in Kimberley shed but is now being taken care of by a enthusiast group.