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Tag Archives: Transnet
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, Heritage Rail, Hobbies and Interests, Johannesburg, Memorials and Monuments, Personal, Photowalks, Retrospective, South Africa, Transportation, War Memorial
Tagged Braamfontein, concourse, Emil Kessler, Johannesburg, MOTH Memorial, North Station, Park Station, Past Experiences, Paul Kruger Building, railways, Remembrance Square, Rissik Street, 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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