Power_2x_GEA. Steam in Southern Africa 1973 - 1999. The challenging climb from George, over the Montagu Pass in the Cape Midland section, has only one respite for locomotives and their crews. At Power, a ledge was hewn out of the mountainside, level, long and wide enough for a passing loop with water columns at each end. There, trains ascending and descending the Pass could halt for water and cross any opposite movement. On 22nd October 1973 Class GEA Beyer Garratt No.4039 takes water while hauling the daily Cape Town to Port Elizabeth passenger train, as a sister GEA crosses with a freight coming down the Pass. Note that the stop is long enough in time for some passengers to leave their carriages and take a walk, watch the action etc. roger.griffiths@hotmail.com