Western Province Live Steamers - National Steam Meet - 2017

On March 25, Western Province Live Steamers hosted the annual 2017 national steam meet in Parow, Cape Town.
The event saw visiting locomotives from all over South Africa, the most impressive being a South African Class 15CA. True to the actual full-size prototype the model had an impressive bark stealing the show in my opinion. Participants camped on the club's grounds for the duration of the event.
WPLS is one of the few clubs able to host this event as they boast three popular modelling gauges.

[@a95569]

Fascinating! Thanks for the video. The attention to detail on these engines is incredible.

[@WayneSA85]

It is! Thanks for watching.

[@petercowan6361]

A great and enjoyable video. The magnificent men and their steaming machines.

[@WayneSA85]

Indeed!

[@chrisbrooks5739]

Awesome stuff Wayne!
Loved the comment about the diesel at 8:15 😂

[@WayneSA85]

Yeah, forgot to remove that....

[@riaanzs1zarconradie291]

All very nice but !!!Holy Steam!!!, that blue AFM Rail one leaves me speechless. Did someone build that from scratch here in SA?

[@WayneSA85]

I believe so. Thanks for watching.

[@rogergordon1765]

Great video Wayne. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Are these locomotives built from kits? Or is every part of the locomotive hand made?

[@WayneSA85]

Thanks for watching Roger. Yes, kits are available for the more generic models. The larger ones based on actual locomotives are hand built. Not unusual for the blokes to spend a decade or even longer on a single model.