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Outeniqua Choo Tjoe

Outeniqua Choo Tjoe - South Africa

The Outeniqua Choo Tjoe, (pronounced Oat-tar-nee-qua Chew Chew) is the last remaining scheduled steam service still operating in South Africa, connecting the towns of George and Knysna on the country’s Western Cape. Unfortunately at the time of filming, due to poor track maintenance and a landslide, the motive power has been replaced by a diesel and the journey reduced by a third of it’s usual running length - the service now terminating at the seaside resort of Wilderness. The full service runs for sixty eight kilometres along the coast in an area known locally as the Garden Route. The journey takes two hours in each direction.

The Class 32 Diesel locomotive, number 32029, was built by the General Electric company of the USA in 1959. It provides the motive power until the track can be fully upgraded to allow the Class 19D steam locomotives to again run on this line.

Total Running Time 59 minutes.

 

 

Outeniqua Choo Tjoe

£17.95