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IRON HORSE PRODUCTIONS
3D Modelling is only a passion for steam...
HIstory:

I started my career on the South African Railways in 1988, modelling was never my hobby or a career but my passion for trains lead me to built the Theunissen Winburg line, the route I grew up and later worked the line on the Railways. I missed it so much that I just had to try and model it, this however lead to the expansion of building American routes because I just love American Steam locomotives. I am alone in Iron Horse Productions and found it rewarding to build what is lost forever, it is almost like creating the past that we never can get back again. I had to buy quite a lot of assets from CG Trader to accomplish this but for me it was well worth it.

Below is a short history of my life on the Railways, still involved in Steam in South Africa.
          
  • Walking the rails started at a
    Early age of 9 years old where I
    I grew up in a small town
    Theunissen. A Class 19D
    Traversed the branch line to
    Winburg. The romans of the
    Railway crawled into my hart
    And I spend everyday of my life
    On the footplate of the class 19D.
    Years went by and I fanally
    Qualified as a fireman on the
    South African Railway & Harbours
    In Bloemfontein.
    Later years I was transfered to
    Virginia where we worked on steam
    Until the last years of steam in
    Kroonstad under Louw Bester.
    Steam locomotives sadly ended and
    I was transfered to Diesel traction
    And wrote my driver exams in my
  • Own time.
    In 1992 I could not resist an opportunity
    To work on SAR Class 15CA’s, 19D and
    The class 24 in the industrial mining sites
    Of Welkom in the Free State. This however
    Also ended and I was fortunate to transfer
    To ST Helena who used the Class 16CR
    Locomotives. I worked on the Class 16 CR
    Locomotives for almost 11 years and
    Operations ceased again. I was transferred
    To Diesel traction and worked on them
    Until the end of 2004.
    I left St Helena and worked at Sandstone
    Heritage Trust for many years to work on
    Steam locomotives. During this time I
    Left Sandstone Estates and worked for
    Sheltam for almost 2 years, working on
    The Class 31, 32 200, 34 and C 30
    Locomotives. I returned to Sandstone
    Estates until January 2025 and am
    Currently involved in the New Cape
    Central Railway to work on the standard
    Gauge locomotives again.
    Sandstone Estates have many 3’6”
    locomotives but
    Only operate narrow gauge and I felt the
    Need to work on the larger locomotives
    Again through the mercy of God
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