South Africa
Note that most of the heritage railway operators in South Africa have their own depots where locomotives and coaches are kept and serviced, but use state-owned railways to run on.
- Atlantic Rail
Day trips from Cape Town to Simonstown using steam locomotives and heritage coaching stock
- Friends of the Rail
Day trips from Hermanstad (Pretoria) using steam locomotives and heritage coaching stock
- Outeniqua Choo Tjoe
Heritage railway that is not currently operational
- Reefsteamers
Day trips from Johannesburg to Magaliesburg and some longer disctance railtours using steam locomotives
- Rovos Rail
Up-market railtours
- The Sandstone Heritage Trust
Private railway operating steam locomotives
- Umgeni Steam Railway
Kloof to Inchanga, near Durban
Read more about this topic: List Of Heritage Railways
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