Randfontein Estates Gold Mines (SAR1) 4-8-2+2-8-4 No. R4 (4135)
Hermanstad, Gauteng, South Africa 		Location: Wonder Steam Trains
Status: Stored
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Posted: May 8, 2026 @ 12:05:39 by Eddie Wearing
Preserved by Reefsteamers and based at Germiston by 2001 c/o Friends of the Railway, Hermanstad, Pretoria, from 2011 (Reefsteamers folded ~2018) Sold to Mainline Steam - Ian Welch, NZ Shipment to New Zealand intended but cancelled Stored at Hermanstad near Pretoria Bought by FarRail (German Co.) for the Ceres Rail project Due to be moved to their base at Witzenberg, W Cape, in 2019 Legal issues stopped progress (Ceres went bust in 2020 but was still functioning in 2021) (Survived bankruptcy and running tours again by 2025) Hermanstad became a base for Wonder Steam Trains Ltd WST bought by MISLPT (Michael Barclay) in 2019 (Memysons International Steam Loco Preservation Trust) (Their main site is at Millsite, Gauteng) Pretoria region renamed Tshanwe Based at Hermanstad from 2011?-2026+ Visible on Google Streetmaps at 29 Miechaelson Street dated 2026
Posted: Mar 9, 2021 @ 06:03:18 by Russell Newman
The ex South African Railways North British Locomotive Company built GMAM Class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt No. 4135 will soon be moving to its new home with Ceres Rail Company at Witzenberg in the Western Cape for restoration. The locomotive was built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland in 1958 and was one of the final GMAM Garratts delivered to the South African Railways. It operated over the mountain passes of South Africa from 1958 to 1980, after which it was loaned to Zimbabwe for a short while. No. 4135 was then sold to Randfontein Estates Gold Mines and branded REGM Number R14 and later R4. When steam operations at REGM were phased out in the early 1990s, No. 4135 was saved by a generous overseas benefactor committed to the preservation of steam heritage. The Ceres Rail Company bought the locomotive from the benefactor and it is planned for No. 4135 to work on the Caledon Branchline, with specific focus on the steep Sir Lowry’s Pass when restored.
Posted: Oct 27, 2019 @ 12:10:19 by Russell Newman
The ex South African Railways North British Locomotive Company built GMAM Class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt No. 4135 has been bought for preservation by the Ceres Steam Railway and will be moving to their base at Witzenberg in the Westerncape for restoration and a return to steam for use on their mainline railtours. No. 4135 was among the final batch of GMAM Class Garratts and the very last steam locomotives that were built by the North British Locomotive Company at their Springburn works in Glasgow, Scotland under contract with Beyer Peacock from 1956 to 1958. With a Tractive Effort of 68,800lbs they were some of the most powerful steam locomotives ever constructed in the UK.
Posted: May 5, 2019 @ 13:05:26 by Kris Ward
Seen at Bloemfontein depot 14th April 2019