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Category Archives: Trains & railways
Swindon Railway Works Plaques
The plaques in this post were photographed at Steam. Museum of the Great Western Railroad that I visited in 2015. Unfortunately my images did not come out well, it really has to do with camera shake and long exposures associated with not … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, Trains & railways, transportation, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Great Western Railway, GWR, Roll of Honour, Steam Museum, Swindon, Wiltshire, World War
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Wallace (Wally) Arnold Oakes GC.
Wallace (Wally) Arnold Oakes (23/04/1932 – 12/06/1965), a traindriver with British Rail, was awarded the George Cross posthumously for his bravery on 5th June 1965. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette published on 15 October 1965, Supplement: 43793, Page: … Continue reading
Posted in George Cross, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Outside RSA, Trains & railways, United Kingdom
Tagged British Rail, GC, George Cross, grave, Steam engine, train, Wally Oakes GC
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South African Railways: Class 6E
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Posted in Personal, South Africa, Trains & railways, transportation
Tagged 5E, 6E, 6E1, Electric Locomotive, SAR, South African Railways, train, Unit
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Caitlyn Visits Reefsteamers
Caitlyn enjoys a trip with me to see what I do. She has been to my office twice and is still convinced I don’t do anything (which is partially true). One fine Saturday morning she decided to come along to … Continue reading
Posted in Dolls, My Twinn Dolls, Personal, Reefsteamers, South Africa, Trains & railways, Tumbling Twinns
Tagged Caitlyn, Class 15F, Class 24NC, Class12AR-1535, Germiston, GMAM Garrett, Reefsteamers, Steama Engine, train, Tumbling Twinns
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Rhodesia Railways DE 1207
DE 1207 is one of 35 diesel locomotives built for Rhodesia Railways by English Electric and the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows in 1958. Only two of them are known to have survived, and this particular example is the only one in … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Personal, Reefsteamers, South Africa, Trains & railways
Tagged 1Co-1Co, DE1207, Diesel locomotive, English Electric, NRZ, Reefsteamers, Rhodesia Railways, Zimbabwe
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34-099 and 34-466
One fine day in Magaliesburg, while waiting for the Reefsteamers train to leave, a pair of diesels arrived with cement trucks which they stacked in lines next to the train before being decoupled. It appeared as if 34-466 had broken … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Reefsteamers, Trains & railways, transportation, West Rand
Tagged 34-099, 34-466, Diesel locomotive, Magaliesburg, Transnet
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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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L-14-D Drivers Coach
This long lived drivers coach was superficially in a poor condition, however her interior was surprisingly intact and she would be used on the driving end of a suburban train for short trips. She did not have a motor or … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Personal, sanrasm, South Africa, Trains & railways
Tagged drivers trailer, L14D Drivers Coach, Passenger, Sanrasm, SAR, South African Railways, Suburban Train
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Drakensberg SB van at Sanrasm
This SB van was one of the few remaining identifiable remnants of the former Drakensberg express. Superficially she was in a good condition, but her body had been damaged by trees and general lack of maintenance at Sanrasm. There was … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Personal, sanrasm, South Africa, Trains & railways
Tagged Drakensberg Express, Luggage, Sanrasm, SAR, SB van, South African Railways, Staff and Baggage Van, train
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Private Saloon Wesvaal
The Private Saloon Wesvaal, was originally built for the CGR in 1897. By some strange quirk of fate she managed to survive over the years and eventually ended up at Sanrasm where she was slowly deteriorating, but in a better … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Personal, South Africa, Trains & railways, West Rand
Tagged Cape Government Railways, CGR, Private Saloon, Sanrasm, Wesvaal
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