Umgeni Steam Railway is a dedicated
non-profit making organisation (Registered Section-21) whose focus is to preserve steam locomotion
in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. The company is run by a team of volunteers and relies solely on
ticket sales for its income.
As a member of "Steam-In-Action" we
are proud to be pursuing our mission statement for heritage preservation.
Our fleet of steam locomotives includes a Class
3BR, Class 12R, Class
14R, two Class 19D's, a Garratt
GF and a Garratt GMAM, along with the locomotive that the
company was started with - namely a 1892 vintage Dübs Class-A.
We currently operate our trains on the last Sunday
of each and every month throughout the year between Kloof and Inchanga,
with special trains running from Pietermaritzburg to Inchanga and Nottingham
Road.
The 1-hour trip from Kloof Station takes
you up some of the steepest railway gradients in South Africa (1:30 and 1:50), through
one of the oldest running tunnels, Drummond Tunnel -
built around 1880, and around the hills overlooking the Valley
of 1000 Hills to Inchanga Station.
Our locomotives vary in age from 1892 through
to 1954 and most of our
coaches date back to the early 40's, one coach being built in 1908,
and so we offer a unique steam experience for all tourists, enthusiast or not, and for those who have
never traveled on a steam train.
We are visited annually from visitors as far afield as USA and Canada
to our west and Australia, China and New Zealand to our east, and from all parts of Europe - mostly
from UK, Austria, Germany and France .
If you experience any problems with this website please contact the
webmaster at the address at the bottom of this page.
You should find everything on our site you want to see:
- Fares
- Up to date calendar of events - with a database so that you can be keep informed
of new trips
- Calendar of events
- Special events
- Booking application forms - from Kloof and Pietermaritzburg
to Baynesfield, Crammond/Bon Accord, Inchanga, Nottingham
Road and Wartburg - now automatic so that you
can "BOOK ONLY" or "BOOK
and PAY"
- On-line credit card payments for manual payments "PAY
ONLY"
- Donation payments - to help us with our preservation
- Function hire for birthdays, wedding anniversaries, company functions and special events
- Corporate enquiries for events such as year end functions, product launches, award programs
and team building
- For the steam loco enthusiast we will cover picture gallery's of rolling stock
and tours and history, visit our enthusiast page
- Umgeni Steam Railway membership - for downloading application forms
- RSSA member section for RSSA news
- Links to other steam preservation and associated web sites and
other links to tourism venues in Kwa-Zulu Natal
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