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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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