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Tag Archives: RSME
Finding the Reid Tenwheeler
Amongst the many locomotives that stood at Sanrasm South Site was the former 4-10-2T North British Loco side-tank No.23722. She is quite a rare bird as 4-10-2 was not a very popular wheel configuration, many being converted to 4-8-2 over the … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Heritage Rail, Johannesburg, Retrospective, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged 4-10-2T, Len Rutter Park, Natal Government Railways, NBL, Reid Tenwheeler. NGR, RSME, Sanrasm, Witbank Colliery
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They have gone and destroyed it
Regulars to my webpage and blog may remember the SANRASM debacle, and how a collection of valuable railwayana was reduced to so much scrap metal. It was a messy escapade, and the final outcome saw a new team placed in … Continue reading
Posted in Collections and Museums, Heritage Rail, Hobbies and Interests, Personal, Photowalks, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged 19d-2644, 23722, 4-10-2T, Randfontein, RSME, Sanrasm, SAR, scrap, South African Railways, Steam engine, train, Whardale
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