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Category Archives: Johannesburg
Rand Revolt Casualty List
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Posted in East Rand, Heritage, Johannesburg, Rand Revolt, South Africa
Tagged ANZAC, Braamfontein Cemetery, Brixton, Fordsburg, Johannesburg, March 1922, Miners Strike, Rand Revolt, Transvaal Scottish
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C22- Articulated Saloon.
This classic C22 Articulated Saloon is staged at Reefsteamers in Germiston. The idea is that she will be restored to a point that she can be used to house overnight visitors at the depot. Her interior has been changed considerably … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, Reefsteamers, Trains & railways
Tagged Articulated coach, C-13, Reefeteamers, Saloon, SAR, South African Railways
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GMAM Garratt No.4079 “Lyndie Lou”
Update 15 December 2019: it was announced that the Board of Directors voted that Reefsteamers be placed into voluntary liquidation, with the depot closing on 16 December 2019. When I was young, a Garratt was something you only read about, … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, Reefsteamers, Trains & railways
Tagged Garratt, Germiston, GMAM Garratt No.4079 "Lyndie Lou", Reefsteamers, SAR, South African Railways, train
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Class 25NC -3472 “Elize”
Update 15 December 2019: it was announced that the Board of Directors voted that Reefsteamers be placed into voluntary liquidation, with the depot closing on 16 December 2019. “Elize” was the first steam locomotive I had been behind since 1981, … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, Reefsteamers, South Africa, Trains & railways
Tagged Class 25NC -3472, Elize, Germiston, heritage rail, Reefsteamers, SAR, South African Railways, Steam engine, train
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Class 15F – 3046 “Janine”
Update 15 December 2019: it was announced that the Board of Directors voted that Reefsteamers be placed into voluntary liquidation, with the depot closing on 16 December 2019. Class 15F 3046 was put back into steam in May 2010 after … Continue reading
Posted in Johannesburg, Personal, Reefsteamers, South Africa, Trains & railways
Tagged 15F-3046, Germiston, heritage rail, Reefsteamers, South African Railways, Steam engine
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Oswald Austin Reid VC.
Oswald Austin Reid (02/11/1893 – 27/10/1920) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions On 7 March 1917 at the Battle of Diyalah River, Mesopotamia, The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 8 June 1917, Supplement: 30122, Page: 5702, reads: “Capt. Oswald Austin … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, South Africa, Victoria Cross
Tagged Battle of Diyalah River, Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg, Mesopotamia, Oswald Austin Reid. VC, VC, Victoria Cross
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Jameson Raid Memorial and Graves, Krugersdorp
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Posted in Boer War, Heritage, Jameson Raid, Johannesburg, Military, South Africa, West Rand
Tagged Burgershoop Cemetery Krugersdorp, Cecil John Rhodes, Doornforntein, Jameson, Jameson Raid, Johannnesburg, Leander Starr Jameson, Randfontein, V;akfontein
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REGM Military Cemetery
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Posted in Extinct Memorials, Heritage, Jameson Raid, Johannesburg, South Africa, West Rand
Tagged Boer War, C.E Hennessy, Harry Davies, Jameson Raid, John Bernard Bletsoe, John R.H. Foster, Randfontein, Randfontein Estates Gold Mine Militar, REGM, William Charles Beatty-Powell
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The Titanic Grave in South Africa
In fond memory of Hymie Alper (+ 12/11/1993), a kind and gentle soul. On a busy corner of Johannesburg, right next to the Smit Street on-ramp of the M1 North highway, we find the only memorial to the Titanic in … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Johannesburg, Personal, ships and shipping, Titanic
Tagged Braamfontein Cemetery, James Webber, Johannesburg, Mary Grifffin, Titanic
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Plinthed Locomotives
There are quite a few plinthed locos in South Africa, but they are really an endangered species if the current rate of scrap metal theft is anything to go by. A number of people contributed to this page, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, James Hall Transport Museum, Johannesburg, Trains & railways
Tagged 10BR, 8A-1106, Benoni Museum, Elizabeth, Ermelo, Florida Junction, George, Heronmere, James Hall Transport Museum, JHTM, Plinthed Locomotives, Roodepoort Station, Steam engine, UItenhage Railway Museum
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