Welcome to Umgeni Steam Railway
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Team USR administration, ticket sales, coach marshall and the guard "on duty" on
Sunday 31st January
L-to-R: Roy Raats, Colin Healey, Bob Hadley, Andy Anderson, Robbie MacGregor, Derrick Norton (Jnr.),
Marc Bouchier, Derrick Norton (Snr.), Ashley Peter and Chris Brown. The only person missing from
the admin was me, and I was taking the shot.
Courtesy and Copyright 2009 of Michael
Holthuysen
Kloof-Inchanga-Kloof departing at 08h30 and
12h30 and Inchanga-Kloof-Inchanga
departing at 10h30 and
15h00
or Kloof-Inchanga (one way) at 16h20 (make
your own return transport arrangements)
Catch the 06h30 departure from Inchanga to Kloof, have a Wimpy breakfast [now open at 07h00]
at the Kloof Wimpy across the road from Kloof Station and be back on board by 08h25 for the
return trip departing Kloof at 08h30 for a 09h30 arrival at Inchanga.
Then you can visit
the Inchanga Craft Market before making your way back home.
"Early Bird" - Inchanga-Kloof-Inchanga
at 06h30 (telephone
booking only)
Imagine traveling in a 2009 train consisting
of 1930's coaches, one being built in 1908, all pulled by a 1912 loco !!
Next trains Kloof-Inchanga-Kloof
and Inchanga-Kloof-Inchanga - SUNDAY
28th FEBRUARY
SPECIAL Inchanga -
Kloof, see "The Great Inchanga Train Race" - SATURDAY
7th AUGUST
SPECIAL OFFER - BOOK ON THE KLOOF to INCHANGA 08h30 FALCON
CREST TRAIN AND
ENJOY A R25.00 DISCOUNT ON YOUR LUNCH AT
FALCON CREST MANOR HOUSE IN BOTHAS
HILL,
AFTER
THE TRAIN ARRIVES BACK IN KLOOF
3 COURSE BUFFET LUNCH AND DRINKS ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE TRAIN TICKET PRICE
Adults and Pensioners - R70.00, Children - R40.00, discounted R25.00 from the normal lunch price
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see the FALCON CREST website here
For Pietermaritzburg travelers why not take the Inchanga-Kloof-Inchanga
trains, they depart 10h30 and 15h00
Plenty of safe parking at Inchanga
Have a buffet lunch at the Inchanga Hotel and take the 15h00 to finish off the day
Are you limited with time in your day - then take the last train of
the day, Kloof-Inchanga (one way), departs at 16h20 and arrives at Inchanga at 17h00.
You will have to make your own arrangements for your collection from
Inchanga.
For any website problems or booking enquiries phone Robbie on 031
303 3003
Why
not join our Facebook Group here
Booking
Enquiry Form Here or see
our Nottingham Road page here
Prices for normal
Kloof-Inchanga running day trains - Adults R130.00, Children (2-12) R100.00
and pensioners (over 65) R110.00
For trains from Pietermaritzburg
- Adults R150.00, Children (2-12) R120.00 and Pensioners (over 65) R130.00
For the special running from Kloof-Nottingham Road - Adults R280.00, Children (2-12) R220.00
and Pensioners (over 65) R240.00
Due to the ever increasing price of coal and other resources we reserve the right
to change the price of fares as circumstances arise
Our GPS co-ordinates for Kloof Station are: S29° 47' 29.1" E030° 50'
00.2" and
Inchanga Station: S29° 44' 32.2" E030° 39' 46.8"
These will shortly be on the POI list for the GARMIN® series
of GPS systems to make it easier for you to find us !
Why not advertise with us and help raise those needed fund to maintain
this website.
We have 1000's of visitors per month and your income will also help us with our loco preservation
fund
Our adverts are sold on a "pitch", pay-per-pixel basis,
see our rates here
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"Maureen", the 1912 built Class 3BR, exhausts
steam from the cylinder cocks as she pulls out of Kloof
on her first trip after being out of service for 3-months -
Sunday May 3rd 2009
Copyright and courtesy Trevor Steenkamp (2009)
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"Wesley" Class 19D No.2385 near Alvestone
December 2007
Copyright and courtesy Brendon Anderson (2007) |
"Maureen" Class 3BR No.1486
at Inchanga
Station
May 2008
Copyright and courtesy Graham Gillett (2008) |
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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 soley on
ticket sales for its income.
As a member of "Steam-In-Action" we
are proud to be persuing 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 Pietermartizburg 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 travelled
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 calender 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 gallerys 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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Our heavy duty plant used at Masons Mill is lent to us free of charge
by Scotty's Plant Hire (PMB Branch)
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Our coach lights are powered by batteries kindly donated by BELL
EQUIPMENT
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We are listed under "Fun Things To Do" on
Durban's most popular radio station EAST
COAST RADIO
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Did you know that "NATAL" 0-4-0 was the first steam
locomotive to haul a passenger train in South Africa
It ran between Market Square, Durban and the Point (3.2 Kilometers) on 26th June, 1860
"BLACKIE" 0-4-2 hauled the first train between Cape Town and Eersterivier on 13th February,
1862.
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