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Tag Archives: SAR
Lets go by train
In 2012 I wrote a piece about traveling by bus, and it was quite a jolt remembering all of those trips I made as a youngster, but I really wanted to do a similar one about going by train, and … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage Rail, Johannesburg, Personal, Reefsteamers, Retrospective, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged 6E, balcony, Bethlehem, Clerestory, Durban, Heidelberg Transport Museum, holiday train, main line, Park Station, SAR, South African Railways, steam, train, Trans Natal
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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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Johannesburg Park Station. A 2012 view.
On 2 January 1980 I started to work for what was then known as “South African Transport Services”, it was only for 2 weeks though as I departed shortly thereafter for my 2 year sojourn in the SADF. But, being … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Personal, Photowalks, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged concourse, Emil Kessler, Johannesburg, North Station, Park Station, Past Experiences, railways, Rotunda, SAR, SATS, Station, train, Transnet
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Marking time
Don’t even get me started on station clocks…. When I qualified as a telecoms sparky one of my duties were the station clocks on Germiston Station, these were stepped by means of a pulse every 30 seconds that originated from … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Reefsteamers, Retrospective, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged clocks, depot, Germiston, railways, SAR, SATS, Station, Telecommunications, time, Transnet
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Heidelberg Transport Museum
Please note that the images and information in this post are from 2012, I believe that situation at the museum has changed and the museum is now known as the Heidelberg Heritage Museum and one coach is in use as … Continue reading
Posted in Collections and Museums, Heidelberg, Heritage, Heritage Rail, Hobbies and Interests, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa, Transportation
Tagged 16CR, balcony coach, dining saloon, Heidelberg, museum, SAR, Steam engine, train, Transport Museum
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