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CONTENTS EDITORIAL................................................................................................................. 4 HEX RIVER: RAILWAY HISTORY: FADED PHOTO: P VAN STAADEN ................... 6 THE WEPENER’S PERAMBULATIONS & SOME RAILWAY HISTORY ................. 12 De Wetsdorp ..................................................................................................... 21 Wepener ............................................................................................................ 22 Zastron & Rouxville ........................................................................................... 23 Aliwal-Noord ...................................................................................................... 23 Lady Grey .......................................................................................................... 24 Reverses ........................................................................................................... 24 19D-2510 Barkly East........................................................................................ 25 Elliot & Maclear ................................................................................................. 25 Franklin on PMB line ......................................................................................... 25 Swartberg .......................................................................................................... 26 Sani Pass & Lesotho ......................................................................................... 27 Maseru – Capital of Lesotho.............................................................................. 27 LIST OF HALTS, STATIONS, STOPPING PLACES, SIDINGS, JUNCTIONS ......... 28 LIFE ON THE TRACKS: WESTERN CAPE'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE OF KOSSOVO ................................................................................................................................. 30 WESTERN PROVINCE ............................................................................................ 34 Photo Essays by Francois Mattheüs ..................................................................... 34
The Blue Train arriving at Cape Town ......................................................... 34
Cape Town Station & Environs .................................................................... 45
Blue Train departing Cape Town ................................................................. 47
Bellville: Garth Killian ............................................................................................ 48
Pantographs ................................................................................................ 48
New ADD ( Automatic Drop Device ) pantographs ...................................... 51
Voorbaai: Jan Thirion ............................................................................................ 52 Sishen Saldanah: Jaco Haasbroek ....................................................................... 59 EASTERN CAPE ...................................................................................................... 62 Accident: JvR Photo Art & Fanus Jansen van Rensburg ...................................... 62 Dwarsvlei between Klipplaat and Rosmead .......................................................... 68 Barkly Bridge: Noel Welch .................................................................................... 73 2
Noupoort: Johan van Rensburg ............................................................................ 76 SAR HISTORY: HILTON TEPER ............................................................................. 78
Signals......................................................................................................... 78
Johannesburg .............................................................................................. 81
Danskraal .................................................................................................... 81
ABSOLUUT TABLET: DEON BOSMAN ................................................................... 81 NOSTALGIA: 1948: SAR ADVERT .......................................................................... 84 FREE STATE ........................................................................................................... 86
Bloemspruit: Danie Botes ............................................................................ 86
Karee: Danie Botes ..................................................................................... 88
Waterplas .................................................................................................... 90
Koffiefontein ................................................................................................ 91
NATAL ...................................................................................................................... 93 Bruno Martin ......................................................................................................... 93 Point – Maydon Wharf-line: Nicky Grobbelaar ...................................................... 93 18E: Jacobus Marais ............................................................................................ 94 20E ........................................................................................................................... 95 Kimberley: William Drew Higgo ............................................................................. 95 SAR POLICE: BOSPADDA ...................................................................................... 95 MOZAMBIQUE: MOAMBA: ROBBIE GREEN .......................................................... 98 BOOKS ................................................................................................................... 107
Books & A Letter from Dennis Moore ........................................................... 107
About Van Reenen: Gillis van Schalkwyk ..................................................... 113
Little Roman Catholic Church: Van Reenen ................................................. 113
WANTED ................................................................................................................ 114 LAST WORD FROM FABIAN MAANS (PRASA).................................................... 115 COPYRIGHT: OTHER PEOPLE’S PHOTOGRAPHS ............................................ 115 DISCLAIMER AND GREETINGS ........................................................................... 115 NEXT ISSUE & GREETINGS ................................................................................. 116
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EDITORIAL South African is now in autumn and we can feel the cold coming along all the way from Antarctica. Now is the time for us, the pensioners, to sit with a glass of Port or with an Old Brown Sherry – feeling the inner heat and to read our books, magazines or to do our research at the fire place. [I love doing research and reading in bed when it’s cold.] In this time of cold we also think of the men on duty 24 x 7 x 365 1/4. They work in all types of weather and sometimes – if you think carefully about it - under extreme dangerous situations. Speeding along the track with a heavy freight train you must know that your backup is awake and pulling the correct leavers. The Wepener’s went on a circular interprovincial tour more or less all around Lesotho. One can only be shocked when one sees the damage to the infrastructure of the railways in South Africa as portrayed in their photographs. As a retired policeman (who loves trains) and as a trained National Security strategist one wonders if the railways in a country should be run on profit. Or better put: Is profit the only motivation or consideration for a national railway? What is in the vested national interest? Surely a national carrier that criss-crosses the country is in our national interest. What are we going to do in time of war? Is there enough fuel to go around for all the trucks and cars on the road? We must get farm produce back on the rail. I am talking of timber, sugar cane, maize, wheat and frozen fish and meat. Do trains with vegetables and fruit ever go to our markets at Pretoria, Johannesburg and elsewhere? In Pretoria I see sidings but no railway activity! Can we afford the hundreds of heavy vehicles conveying containers between Durban and City Deep? Why not bring the dedicated rail container service back between the Durban Harbour and City Deep? The Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London corridors to the Witwatersrand should also be opened up. We should think strategically – we should revive the line between the Rand and Walvis Bay. Why can’t the railways appoint intelligence officers who could scout around for more work for the railways? (I read about the SAR-information officers years ago in Moir’s little books “24 inches Apart”. Farmers were enticed to use the railways.) Take new cars, containers, fuel between cities and large towns, what about the post? Mail trains should be brought back. The little towns will grow again if the railways are revived. I clearly remember that Mr Wilfred Mole wanted to take the branch line over between Bethlehem and some town in the south, was it Clocolan? He wanted to run the line and serve the farmers. I think a few years back the line only ran from Bethlehem to Ladybrand where I attended an annual cherry festival with Boon’s Bosveld Train Safaris
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Many of our poor people want to travel by train especially in the corridor from Kimberley to Cape Town. Taxis are expensive and unsafe end they can’t take much luggage along. My neighbour’s gardener and I have a weekly chat. He is an old man, my age. He lives in Hammanskraal – although the railway line to the north runs through the town he has no train service from Hercules to Hammanskraal. He says a train stops once or twice a week through Hammanskraal on the way north to Pietersburg. He could travel from Deernis – our local station - to Hercules but there is no train service to his abode. He says he clocks off at 2 pm and sometimes waits until 5 pm for a taxi or a bus. He envies the people in Mabopane they have the choice of commuter trains, taxis and busses. We actually have a circular route around Pretoria. With some dedication and imagination we could revive the Metro service. Physical Safety & Security: One of our readers lives in Cape Town. I want to send him a fragile parcel – an Old Dutch State Bible – with a friend on a passenger train. Although Bellville is near to his home the area around the station is now called “Little Nigeria” and according to him completely unsafe. Surprisingly the station is clean and neat. All I can say is: Vukani! Awake! Open your eyes: We are destroying and neglecting our national infrastructure. Where is ‘Plan B’? If we don’t have enough coal at Eskom power stations how are electric trains going to operate? If we don’t have enough diesel fuel how are we going to plough our lands, supply diesel locomotives while heavy diesel trucks destroy our roads and help to sap up all our fuel? We have destroyed steam; I don’t think steam will ever be a factor in rail transport but we need research into alternative locomotives using other types of fuel – other than diesel or electric. We need one serious incident and we will be stranded. When comparing Namibia, Mozambique and Lesotho one can clearly see that they appreciate their infrastructure unlike we South Africans. I was once on a train between Mombasa and Nairobi and I was pleasantly surprised when the train stopped at Voi, what struck me was the way the permanent way was kept. Everything was so neat! I hear rumours that Rovos is also going to get rid of their steam. They are going electric (5E’s) and are going to purchase their own diesels for the African trips to Dar es Salaam. One wonders what they are going to do between Kimberley and De Aar. The dedicated lines like Sishen to Saldanha and the Coal line to Richards Bay is doing fine.
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HEX RIVER: RAILWAY HISTORY: FADED PHOTO: P VAN STAADEN Any info on the attached? Hex River???? Regards Piet van Staaden Photo was received in PDF-format Hennie Heymans: 1 Hallo Glenn Kan u asb hierdie omskep na 'n jpg asb? Groete HBH Photos as received from Glenn:
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2. Dear Friends, Inquiry by Piet van Staaden refers: Glenn Elsden has enhanced the attached photos. I think it could be the troop train accident in Hex River during the 1st WW - the Kaffrarian Rifles - I seem to recall there was a Memorial to the fallen troops somewhere in the pass. I have seen photographs before. Greetings HBH 1 Bruno Martin Greetings Piet, Hennie, Jacque and all Possibly showing the troop train which derailed on the Hex River Pass between Tunnel siding and Matroosberg on 10 September 1914. I’ve got a detailed account of the accident written by Ron Conyngham of Fish Hoek stored in my “archives” – I’ll have a look for it in the morning. Bruno
2: Bruno Martin To Piet, Jacque, Hennie and all on the list I've located the information I received from my good friend Ron Conyngham in Fish 7
Hoek which was an account of his trip on the Hexpas Express in 2002. Included with the letter were some colour prints and a photocopy from the SAR&H Magazine of October 1914 which I have scanned and attached.
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Piet van Staaden Hi Bruno, Thanks for that, much appreciated. I was aware of detailed but somehow never linked it to the photograph.
the accident you
Please give my regards to Ron (If he still remembers me) when next you have contact with him. Regards
Peter Sinclair Thanks to Bruno for rounding the story off to perfection, and to Piet for his interesting question that started the thread. A great pity Stefaan Jordaan is no longer with us. Regards
Piet van Staaden Always ready to show my ignorance, who was Stefaan Jordaan? Regards Piet
Peter Sinclair Piet Stefaan Jordaan was the wine- farmer whose farm was traversed by the Hex River Pass railway - the original alignment that was made redundant by the new tunnels in 1989.. It was he, who, over the following years, was instrumental in compelling the railway authority to leave the original line intact, though it was eventually cut at De 10
Doorns and Matroosberg, and all catenary, masts, and crossing loops were removed. Using his inborn ingenuity and his expert knowledge of the geology of the area, he founded the Hex Pass Rail Ecotours on the remaining trackage, using an adapted farm tractor hauling a brace of converted trolleys - even casting his own concrete sleepers during a period, to replace stolen sections, and receiving no joy when his request for a supply of the genuine articles was refused. Without his grim determination, this serious bottle neck, though an exceptional Pass, with its long history of connecting the Cape and the hinterland, would have been lost forever. Thankfully he lived long enough to see his dream reach fruition, and today because of his vision, this line can still be traversed in all its glory, with the added advantage that both sides of the track can be viewed simultaneously from the trolleys. The formation of the unique scissor crossing on the level at Tunnel siding - the site of much pushing back and pulling forward to allow train crossing - can still be observed, as well as the massive horse-shoe climb round the amphitheatre from Osplaas to Cutting - the latter being the site of many a 4E jamming on the tight curvature (according to legend). The original tunnel at Tunnel Siding is reputed to be the oldest tunnel in the country. So there you have it - I give you Stefaan Jordaan Regards Peter Sinclair
Piet van Staaden Thanks for that Peter, much appreciated. I knew of the gentleman and actually spoke to him over the phone but did not recall the name. I visited the farm stall which serves as the base for the trip a few months ago and it would seem that it is still a going concern. The attached photo which I took in about 1981 may be of interest to you Regards Piet
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Les Pivnic Hello Piet, In your email thanking Peter for his info on Stefaan Jordaan, I noticed the tag refers to - "untitled scanned". I have a title for you - "The Majesty of SAR Steam!" Regards
Piet van Staaden Les Ja Les, the sight, sound and smell of 2 “F”’s working hard is something never forgotten once experienced.
THE WEPENER’S PERAMBULATIONS & SOME RAILWAY HISTORY Part 1 Hi guys This whole trip started about 18 months ago when I told a buddy of mine that there are rumours that Sani Pass might be tarred. This is something we have wanted to do for a long time. Unfortunately, every time something came up and the trip did not materialise. This was actually a good thing - which then got me thinking - instead of going to Natal the normal way via Van Reenen Pass, why not go down via the Eastern Cape? So I started planning a route that would involve visiting all the railway lines along this route, 12
some places not seen in 25 years or more. Fortunately, unbeknown to my travel mates at the time !! So finally we left just after 08:00 on Thursday morning, just as a cold front was approaching, we got this at Brandfort, this is also where I saw the only moving train of the entire trip of just under 2 000 Km... Containers heading South behind 2x 6E's. After a quick stop in Bloemfontein we headed down the R702 to Dewetsdorp, our first stop at 11:00. The last time we were on this line was in June 1989 on the mixed train from Bloemfontein to Zastron which left BFX at 22:00 behind a 35 class diesel, steam car, six passenger coaches, a mix of goods trucks and a van. I can still remember that heater was stuck and could not be turned off, soon we had to open the windows ever so slightly to survive. As you can see from the photos Dewetsdorp is no more... The rails are still intact but overgrown. The connection at Sannaspos has been uplifted, so no trains down soon again. The silos are serviced by road. As you'll see from the photos to follow the branch lines are in a state of "make or break" if something is not going to happen soon - they will be lost forever - maybe this has already happened... We can't see any of these lines opening again, the cost involved would be too much and what traffic would they carry? Everything is on the roads. The last shot is of the road between Dewetsdorp and Wepener - potholes filled with gravel. Cheers. J & J. Part 2 Hi guys. The next stop was at Wepener, this was around 11:30. The same story here, not much left. At least more of the station and buildings remain here compared to Zastron as you'll see in the next part. The rail bridge over the Caledon river was only seen in the distance, somewhere near here the wash away took place that ended the life of this line a couple of years earlier. Wherever the line can be seen from the road it is heavily overgrown as can be seen from the second last pic - this is in the direction of Zastron. The little town of Wepener looks terrible and half of the town hall has burnt down due to squatters moving in and making a fire with the floor planks...
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At least my great, great uncle Louw Wepener's bronze bust still stands in front of the town hall. More of him when we visit Thaba Bosigo... The last photo is just before Zastron, our next stop. Cheers. J & J. Part 3 Hi guys Zastron was reached at around 12:30. The first photo is looking towards the station. Now when I compare how the station looks now and how it looked 10 years ago - even I am shocked - as here is really almost nothing left... It seems like everything has been demolished and stolen and then set alight... Here all the weights on the points tumblers have dealers. Also some fishplates have gone AWOL.
gone to the scrap metal
Last shot is between Zastron and Rouxville where we will continue. Cheers. J & J. Part 4 Hi guys We have now reached Rouxville. Here the station and railway line have almost been reclaimed by nature... The station has suffered the same as all the others so far. It looked like the goods shed was used for something at a stage but this has ceased and the shed will disappear soon. It is almost impossible to imagine that all these little stations once had people at them. Beestekraalnek was seen from the road en-route to Aliwal North1 and as I said above, even this little halt that only comprises of a loop and name board once had passengers getting on or off as I recall from our 1989 trip today, all killed by the mini bus taxi... Next stop Aliwal North. Cheers. J & J. 1
Aliwal South was the name chosen for Mossel Bay but the name never stuck, but today we only have Aliwal North. Sir Harry Smith has a horse called Aliwal - HBH
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Part 5 Hi guys From Rouxville onto the N6 and over the Orange river into Aliwal North. A glimmer of hope as the town itself was quite clean and neat - even the roads seemed to be pot-hole free! This town looks like all our old towns looked like which seems so long ago now... At the station however it was a different story. At exactly 14:00 we stopped in front of the fenced and gated station building. There is no way to get in or closer from the old entrance. The old 7th class steam locomotive has definitely survived this long in this condition due to it being fenced off from the vandals... Fortunately the new SA has got it advantages as well and a little further down to the old goods shed there was a way in !! As you can see nature is taking back what once belonged to the SAR. Can anyone tell us more about the smoke box front lying on the platform?? Here too, the weights of the points' tumblers have been stolen, as to the state of the track - well that is anyone's guess as to what is hiding or not hiding anymore, under the weeds. A stroll onto the tracks would mean taking a day to remove "blackjacks" from one's clothes, thanks Tommies for giving us Khaki bos. (The seeds came from Argentina during the Second Boer War, with their horse feed). Some parts of the station building are bricked and boarded up, used by someone at some stage, now deserted but as least not too badly vandalised as yet... The old goods shed has been turned into a crèche of some sort. After the wash ways near Jammersdrif / Wepener and the closure of the line from BFX / Sannaspos, Aliwal North was still serviced from Burgersdorp / Dreunberg - this has now since ceased as you can gather... The last photo is on the way to Lady Grey and into the mountains and the cold!! Cheers. J & J. Part 6 Hi guys. The first photo is at the road over rail bridge at Lady Grey looking towards Aliwal North.
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At 14:50 we arrived at Lady Grey. As you can see the station and goods shed still stand, perfectly intact! The station was locked up and is used for something, in the goods shed the local farmer has got his workshop set up, also the old railway houses are occupied by families that do not want to destroy them. Just a pity the rails have almost vanished under the gravel and weeds... So now we are heading to the reverses, well at least 1-6 and the tunnel. Cheers. J & J. Part 7 Hi guys The first pic is just before Melk / 1st Reverse. Then looking towards 2nd reverse, 3rd Reverse, across the bridge and into 4th Reverse. If you look above the water tank at a 45 degree angle into the mountains, you can spot the tunnel at 6th Reverse. Then we parked the vehicle and started our hike up from 4th Reverse into 5th Reverse (4670) and then into 6th Reverse and the tunnel. The line still looks quite intact and damage free, at least so far into the mountains very few people know about the reverses and this keeps them safe. A piece of 1914 rail was noticed on the way to 6th Reverse, What a pity the tourism benefit of this line can't be seen by the powers that be... In June 1989 we left Aliwal North on the daily Barkly East train at around 6 in the morning. A TX van was attached as the guard told us there would be a group of overseas tourists joining us. At lady Grey the tourists never arrived and so we travelled first class all the way to Barkly East and return. Unfortunately a wagon for the farmer at Barkly East had to stay behind for tomorrows train. A 20 minute stop order was arranges for us at the tunnel. I can still remember the 35 class' swinging left and right and growling up and down the reverses quite clearly, back and forth, back and forth... More to follow. Part 8 Hi guys Hi guys. 16
At 16:50 we arrived at Barkly East and as you can see the station is now used as a tavern. It was already late in the afternoon, so no way to get any closer, as the "station staff" were intoxicated by now... Again all the tumblers off the points were gone. It started raining and was getting cold. Anyway - off to the town to find the plinthed 19D, luckily the gate was unlocked. At about 18:00 we booked into a guest house. Something that has also disappeared from today's life is the sound of the church bell at every hour, through the night this was heard and the ghost of reverses past came to visit during the cold night, couldn't help but think about the loco standing there in town - never to turn a wheel again. Tomorrow - onwards to Elliot and beyond. Cheers. J & J. Part 9 Hi guys. We left Barkly East 07:20 in the mist. Barkly Pass was covered in mist for most of the way. The first snow of the winter had also fallen, no wonder it was so cold ! Elliot's station building is used by a private firm and thus still stands intact. The rails and yard area are covered in grass, here I almost walked into a rail push trolley lying in the veld. The last photo is at Xuka drift, here the farmer has decided that he is above the law and has lifted the rails under the road bridge to give him easier access to his silos... Lekker nè? Cheers. J & J. Part 10 Hi guys. Next visit was Ugie, same as the others... Cheers. J & J. Part 11 17
Hi guys We left Ugie at about 09:00 and arrived at Maclear about 20 minutes later. Part of Maclear station is being used as housing by the locals. There was also a tuck-shop in the one corner. The rest of the station has lost its roof. The rails are still there but disappearing under the vegetation. Funny how the old Government built the stations close to the locations in many of these small towns. The last photos are of the river that runs just behind Maclear station, on the way to Mt Fletcher and Mt Fletcher itself. The roads are quite good through this area. Cheers. J & J. Part 12 Hi guys. We arrived in Matatiele just after 11:00. The station is being used at offices for local businesses. The goods shed still stands intact but you can hardly see the rails. The first two photos are of the balloon, no triangle here. Next was Cedarville, not much left. Cheers. J & J. Part 13 Hi guys. We have now arrived at Kokstad at 12:40. Imagine when last a weed killer train came past here !! The station building is still neat and used for something other than railway. The railway houses are occupied and neatly kept. A Citi-liner bus was idling in front of the station, destination PMB. The goods shed is still standing, once again venturing across the tracks would have caused hours of Khaki bos removal. If you look at IMG_4854, straight down the platform you'll see an orange Departmental DZ, forgotten at the end of the line... The stoep looks polished, wonder why?? The last photo is of the balloon at Kokstad, again no triangle. There are house built inside the balloon - why could I not have live in a house like that with plenty of trains passing...
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Onwards to the mountains. The railway part of this tour is staring to get less now. Cheers. J & J. Part 14 Hi guys. The first 2 photos are at Ettrick. Then arrival at Franklin, 13:30. Pietermaritzburg, Altitude 1522m.
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As you can judge from the washing hanging on the platform, the station is now used as housing, at least it will stay standing for a while longer... Franklin does not look too bad, overall. Most things are still there, although a bit destroyed. The footbridge however is a latrine and VERY careful treading as not to step onto a landmine was observed. If I look at Franklin, the yard and the 3 platforms - this place must have been quite busy many years ago, with trains being made up for Kokstad, Matatiele and Pietermaritzburg. Cheers. J & J. Part 15 Hi Guys. We are now back on the Matatiele branch at Swartberg, 13:50. Not much left, these little stations must have been "special" to arrive at by train... Last shot in en-route to Underberg. Cheers. J & J. Part 16 Hi guys. No railways in the next couple of reports... We left Underberg at 07:30 and got to the border post at about 08:30. Border crossings into Lesotho must be the easiest in Africa. 19
The photos show the severity of this pass, where we came from and where we were heading. Only 4x4 vehicles are allowed up the pass and it is the border officials duty to check this - believe it or not about 3/4 up the pass there was a 4x2 bakkie - stuck without enough traction to get up the gradient!! He asked us to assist, we tried but then did not have enough traction ourselves - anyway stuff that, it would have spoilt our drive up having to tow someone. "As jy dom is moet jy k..." At the pub 09:45, we were shocked to pay R90.00 for 2x Maluti lagers !! The last shot is in the direction we were heading, quite chilly up here. Next - Lesotho. Cheers. J & J. Part 17 Hi guys. So into Lesotho we headed. The plan was to go via Mohale dam to Maseru. After several people advised us against this, we went via Mokhotlong, Afriski and Oxbow. The Chinese are busy building roads in Lesotho - I wonder what kick-back the government has promised them?? It took us almost the entire day to do this part. Cheers. J & J. Part 18 Hi guys. At 17:20 we arrived at Gumtree just as the sun was staring to set. Once again the same story, all destroyed, what a pity, such a smart Sand stone building... Last pic is close to Clocolan. There are plenty of new concrete sleepers lying in the yard area at Clocolan. Cheers. J & J. Part 19 20
Hi guys. At 07:50 we headed across Maseru Bridge and a short while later at Maseru station. The yard was full of goods trucks, containers and cement. The very arrogant "security" wanted a drink - told him to stuff off!! Funny how our stations are destroyed but theirs is not...?? Maseru is the capital city but it looks just like rural Basutoland - no order or streets, seems like wherever you want to put up your dwelling that's what you do. Last part Thaba Bosigo. Cheers. J & J. De Wetsdorp
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Comment by HBH A few anecdotes on the Durban – PMB – line to Cedarville: My mother grew up in Cedarville; she told me they went to buy a new car in Durban circa 1930 when she was about 10 years old. She told me the first time she had an ice cream was during the rail trip from Cedarville to Durban in the Dinging Car. They were farmers and no ice cream then. We did a few tips from Durban and back and I remember the Garratts from PMB. On one trip, I remember a coal trimmer on the tender. If I remember correctly one slept in the coach and the coach to Kokstad, Cedarville & Matatiele was detached at PMB and then left early in the morning. During the Pondoland Revolt police reinforcements were sent by train from Durban to Kokstad. My father being one of them. Kokstad is only about 150 miles away; but even in the 1960’s the SAR was the national carrier.
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Hi Hennie, List of halts, Stations, stopping places, sidings, junctions, with compass references, North-East-South-West, on SAR/SAT, by System order. System 1 – Cape Town – Cape Western 28
Worcester North, Southfield [Cape Flats], Beaufort West, Riebeeck Wes, Somerset West, Victoria West. System 2 – Kimberley – Cape Northern Barkley West. System 3 – Port Elizabeth – Cape Midlands North End, Somerset East, West Hill [Port Alfred branch]. System 4 – East London – Cape Eastern Aliwal North, Barkley East, East London, East Port [Blaney to Cookhouse loop], Southernwood + Southdown [Line to Amabele]. System 5 – Bloemfontein – Orange Free State Bloemfontein North, Gunhill North, *Rooiblom East, Gunhill South, *Rooiblom West, *Whites West [*Whites to Ancona], Westleigh, Westminster. System 6 – Durban – Natal Danskraal Noord, Eshowe North, Northdene, North Shepstone, Umbulwana North tunnels [Natal ML], Eastwolds [Espranza], Danskraal Suid, South Port (Anerley), South Shepstone, Umbulwana South tunnels [Natal ML], West Cliff [Crossmore],Wests, (West End) [Point]. System 7 – Johannesburg – Western Transvaal later Southern Transvaal Balfour North, New Canada North, Northmead, North Shaft [Apex], (Eastleigh) Orkney, Oos-rand, (Germiston East) [Katulo], (Gmr. East Cabin), Gmr. West, Kazerne West, Westbury, Westonaria, Westgate (West street) [RML loop], Gmr. South, New Canada South, Marico West, Wesrand (West Rand Junction). System 8 – Pretoria – Eastern Transvaal later Northern Transvaal Noordkaap [Barberton], Northmead [Welgedag loop], Pretoria-noord, Boksburg-oos, Rustenburg-Noord, Rustenburg Noord-Einde, Pretoria-wes, Westfalia [Groenbult line], Pyramid South. System 9 – Windhoek – South West Africa *Noordover [Kakamas], Seeheim North, *Westway [De aar-SWA border]. NB: *SWA system started at Brand, first siding from De Aar, still in Cape Province]. System 10 – Ermelo – Northern Natal later “Coal Link” Richardsbaai Noord, Vryheid-oos, Vryheid East Yard, Richardsbaai Suid. System 11 – Saldanha - North Western Cape later “Orex” None. Obtained from SAR books/Maps and many thanks to B Martin for lots of input. Groete, John en Jacque.
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LIFE ON THE TRACKS: WESTERN CAPE'S FORGOTTEN PEOPLE OF KOSSOVO 14 MAY 2014 11:19 (SOUTH AFRICA) SHARE ON TWITTERSHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON EMAILSHARE ON GOOGLE_PLUSONE_SHARESHARE ON LINKEDIN
The people of Kossovo exist on the margins of unguarded train tracks. Their children are at risk. A lack of service delivery and poor sanitation makes dire conditions worse. By Dudumalingani Mqomboti for GROUNDUP. Children abandon their soccer balls and toys in open playgrounds and run towards the train station. Their screams resemble excitement. In less than ten minutes, the Philippi train station, which Kossovo residents’ use, has a crowd. Two drunken women, pulling up their skirts, stagger to the station in hurried gaits. “Why do you play here?” one shouts. “Go home, all of you, go home … Whose child is it?” she asks, her Xhosa contorted by alcohol. Amongst the chaos and the confusion, a child lies by the tracks, two meters from the platform. Security guards disperse the crowd. The train driver stands over the child, shaking, with her hands on her mouth. “I am glad he is alive,” she says after the child is taken away by ambulance. She walks back to the train, fetches her bag, and leaves the train standing at the platform.
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Photo: Children at scene of accident. (Dudumalingani Mqomboti) This is one of many such incidents that children in Kossovo have to witness. To prevent their children from playing on the tracks, parents have to keep them in sight, summoning them away with a shrill call of their names. The only other way to keep them away from the tracks is to lock them up in the house and to never let them play outside.
Photo: People gather at the scene of a train accident. (Dudumalingani Mqomboti) “Our kids get to see many people committing suicide on the train tracks. Many times. And the train too has killed many of them because they play on those tracks�, says mama Nosibongile Dube, a resident and community leader in the Messiah section of Kossovo. 31
“This is not a life children should be exposed to. This is not a way to grow up.� Messiah lies on the train tracks on the central line. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has promised to move them but they have been waiting for a long time.
Photo: Washing hangs near the train line. (Dudumalingani Mqomboti) Kossovo (or Kosovo) is an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town that was built on a forest. It is not known who moved here first around 20 years ago. There are still no services here. Opposite it, across the train station, is Philippi, and adjacent to it, next to the shrubs where Kossovo residents are forced to relieve themselves, is Marcus Garvey.
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Francois Mattheüs 7 May at 12:47 Kaapstad stasie, 7 Mei 2014 - Ons 30minute van "fame" om in die Bloutrein te gaan rondkyk en vir seun, soos hy sal sê, "Oupa se bloutrein" te wys.
Francois Mattheüs 7 May at 12:48 Een van die Bloutrein se V12 kragopwekkers (Ek dink dis opgradeer van wat dit voorheen Rolls Royce was.) Ek praat onder korreksie as ek sê ek dink dis nou Volvo opwekkers.
Phil du Plessis, Jade Wilson, Jacobus Marais and 10 others like this. Christiaan Schutte Het 2 Perkins engins Francois Mattheüs Dankie Christiaan Schutte. Dit het taamlik geraas daar binne. Ek het net gehoor "V12". Phil du Plessis Perkins, Cummins nou almal van Indie. Groot gemors. Wag 4 weke vir n water pomp vir n enjin wat 2 weke uit sy waarborg is. Prys vir water pomp en arbeid in Kimberley, R8000. TE is lief om Volvo te gebruik. Ons 1ste ADE het 26000 uur geloop met minimum uitgawes. Nou sukkel ons om 2000 uur te loop sonder probleme. Stefan Andrzejewski Die Shos Gennie's is Volvo.
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Pieter van Rooyen Charles, ja, wonderlike dae op daai pad beleef alhoewel joue effens pynlik was.
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Deon Bosman Hahaha Riaan.....die gebruik was gewees om wanneer jy 'n kruising maak op 'n tussenuitwykspoor om slegs die buitehuis te bedien en 'n groenvlag as deurloopsein te gee.... veral met 'n dubbel kruisstel......Die regulasies het nĂŞrens voorsiening gemaak dat jy nie die afstandsinjaal mag bedien het vir 'n kruisstel nie.....as jy 'n drywer 'n punt wou druk het jy alles bedien.....hy het dan 'n absolute of permissieteken verwag en nie spoed verminder nie.....dan slaan daardie kruisstel hom in 'n ander bloedgroep in..... Deon Bosman Van die eerste TBA's.......
Riaan Adriaan Laubscher @ Deon lol dis waar hehehehe... Deon Bosman Hahaha die drywer/tba ding was en sal maar altyd wees ne? Riaan Adriaan Laubscher Ja nee wragtie waar!! Lol hulle wou ook maar altyd ʼn punt aan ons drywers gewys het... lol Deon Bosman Hahaha Henry.....op Touwsrivier was 'n Gouws drywer.... was die aand laat op die Trans Karoo en maak tyd op dat dit naar gaan......hy mis die tablet op Dwyka en hou net aan ry.... toe hy op Prince Albertweg stop vang hy net die tablet vir Zwarts en gooi nie een af nie...... en toe staan Peacock Smit op die platform...... loko inspekteur ....... ons moes toe vining 'n bullshitstorie uitwerk........ Jenni Schippers Vertel vir 'n leek hoe die tablet werk asb. Deon Bosman Jernni......as jy op die tablet lees sal jy sien dat daar twee stasies se name op verskyn......'n treindrywer mag nie in die trajek tussen die twee stasies inry as hy nie in besit van so tablet is nie.....daar is verskillende metodes maar die mees algemene een is absoluut.... soos bo.....slegs een tablet op 'n keer kan uit die Van Schoor instrument gehaal word en ook slegs met die toestemming van albei 83
stasies.....die vrystelling daarvan was dmv 'n elektriese stroom gegee van die aangrensende stasie af..... Jenni Schippers Interessant. Ek't altyd gedink iewers is 'n briefie in met 'n boodskap van een stasie na die ander. Was dit altyd 'n tablet genoem? Deon Bosman Onder sekere omstandighede het die TBA vir die drywer 'n briefie saam met die tablet gegee......T389.....daarop is die drywer ingelig oor die treinreelings wat vir hom getref is. Jenni Schippers Dankie Deon. Net nog een vraag: waarvoor staan TBA Deon Bosman Trein Beheer Amptenaar..... Bill Deyzel Dit staan vir Trein Beheer Amptenaar. Die Kondukteur het ook ʼn waarsku briefie gekry daai jare. Chris De Vos Die Bobbejaan foto’s is "werkilikheid" Uitenhage gewees en in die koerant Jenni Schippers Dankie Deon en Bill vir die info. "Solank daar treine loop..." Deon Bosman Hahaha Jenni....'n trein is deesdae 'n rare verskynsel........ Jenni Schippers Ons hoop maar die wiele gaan weer begin rol soos in die goeie ou dae Deon Bosman Hahaha ..... die kanse is ewe min dat treine ooit weer sal loop soos ons dit ken..... Anna Theron Ai jai jai! die voormanne en assistente moes darem hul korrel en vang ken met hierdie meneer! Menigte blou kol of 2! Leon Strydom noupoort na De Aar trajek gebruik,
NOSTALGIA: 1948: SAR ADVERT Tobias Lombaard: Het hiedrie vanoggend in DIE PLUMTREE in Parys gesien. Dit was op die agterblad van "DIE HUISGENOOT" van Maart 1948.
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Afrikaans, like Zulu, is a very descriptive language. Bloemspruit means Bloem + Spruit = bloem is a flower, like blossom and spruit is a rivulet i.e. a little stream with flowers. Bloemfontein is a fountain with flowers. 
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Comment by HBH: During World War ll several hundred men were detained in Koffiefontein or as we called it were “interned” in Koffiefontein. I believe it could have been a busy station! After the 1970’s when I came to Pretoria I have spoken to several colleagues and they told me that they escorted members and suspected members of the Ossewabrandwag to Koffiefontein. The later Prime Minister, Adv BJ Vorster and his friend General HJ van den Bergh was amongst the internee’s. It was an interesting time in our history. One old chap the other day gave me his trail papers – his crime: He wrote a letter to his sister saying he had volunteered to escort a couple of policemen who were detained to be interned in Koffiefontein and afterwards they shook his hand and thanked him for treating them fairly on route. [He was a cousin of John Vorster – his name is also John.] The Union Defence Force’s Military Intelligence intercepted the letter and he was charged in Court. He then did all he could to leave the Force and with the help of FM JC Smuts he left the Force. When the Nats came to power in 1948 he left his well paid job and rejoined the Force. Another member told me the locomotives of the trains carrying the internees had large Vierkleur flags in front of the locomotive when they came into Koffiefontein. Afrikaans women detained were then sent to Rhodesia, there were only eight ladies detained. Andalusia near Jan Kempdorp was another internment centre, along with Zonderwater and Baviaanspoort. Last mentioned had no station – I presume they would have marched from Silverton to Baviaanspoort. 92
NATAL Bruno Martin Comment: Bruno Martin in Australia has sent us a lovely historical article about 18 pages long. We would place that fine article next month.
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Nicky Grobbelaar: 4 May at 10:41: Markus sy hande vol met die span.........Ons wil net see toe gaan — with Douw Gerbrand Tosen.
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Hoogste nommer vir my in die 18E klas, vandag gesien op Lions River stasie 18-798 Jacobus says 18E, no 18-798 is the highest number for a 18E he has captured on camera. This month at Loins River station. [I am looking for 18E, No 18-742 – HBH]
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20E Kimberley: William Drew Higgo Speaking of 20Es here is 006 and 008 near Beaconsfield coming in from the north. 05-05-2014 William Drew Higgo Suid-Afrikaaanse Spoorweë / SA Railways / Ulolwe 5 May Speaking of 20Es here is 006 and 008 near Beaconsfield coming in from the north. 05-05-2014 Unlike · · Get Notifications · Share You, Frans Kloppers, Chris De Vos, Jade Wilson and 30 others like this. Gerhard Britz Waar kan ek lees van die nuwe eenhede? Jade Wilson Nice William! Please post to Railways of the world! Lillian van Niekerk Dit lyk heel bakgat hoop die toetse is suksesvol laat ons van die 7E kan lry vir Beaufort Wes vir vragte Martin Nel Gerhard, hier is inligting oor hulle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_20E
South African Class 20E - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org In early August 2013 the first of ninety-five Class 20E dual-voltage electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail was lowered onto its bogies for the first time.[1] Ten of these locomotives were built by the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company in China.[2] William Drew Higgo Dankie vir die link Martin. Gerhard Britz Dankie, nou weet ek ook. Lyk mooi en modern, wat sê die drywers ?
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Verskoning vir die foto.......dit was destyds deur die S.A Spoorwegpolisie gebruik...weet nie of dit enigsins nog ingebruik is nie.....die eerste modelle het nie so gelyk nie, was bruin geverf Phil du Plessis, Jade Wilson, Fanus Jansen Van Rensburg and 33 others like this. Pieter van Rooyen Hulle het altyd daar in Langlaagte se werf gestoor gestaan. Was gebruik tydens die onluste en die grensoorlog. David Petzer En sal eersdaags weer aangewend word vir Spoor en wissel diefstal! Paul Mills Daar was 2 van hulle, Petra. Die ander ene staan voor Windhoek spoorwegstasie. Paul Mills http://www.sa-transport.co.za/.../rail_armoured_vehicle... David Petzer wat is dit n Caspoor!? David Settle Very interesting ! Wierd to see it in metro colours!! Petra Diedericks Smit Ek was destyds teenwoordig toe dit ingebruik geneem is te Esselenpark Kollege, dink dit was 1978...die voorige modelle kon op die pad ook ry, maar tydens die toets te Esselenpark het die wiele afgebreek, dit onsettend swaar, ek dink hulle het maar afstand gedoen van die idee.....nou dat hulle dit weer wil gebruik vir die spoor en wissel diefstalle, glo ek hulle moet dit toerus met nagsig infrarooi termiese kamera wat die diewe kan opspoor tot op 3 km indien insig.....my profile is daar so voertuig wat tans gebruik word vir bekamping van misdaad, dit die eerste en enigste een wat in SA gebou is......aanvraag baie groot vir die toerusting.....paul smit Hennie Deysel Hulle nooit gesien ons moes maar met 3Dz trokke voor en agter loko's patroleer vir bomme. Frans Kloppers Ek dink oom Hennie Heymans sal dit gebruik vir sy tydskrif wat maandeliks uitkom op hierdie blad. Ek was bevooreg om een keer hierin te ry in Katlehong maar dit het gereeld gebreek en was toe ontrek. Hennie Deysel ek ken die "spook treine" waarna jy verwys al te goed. Kan boeke oor hulle skryf. Deon Gouws Hierdie perd staan nou nog in Braamfontein Metro in die Blou loods Frans Kloppers Deon gebruik hulle hom nog want hy lyk in baie goeie toestand? Ek sien hulle het die rubber wiele verwyder.
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About Van Reenen: Gillis van Schalkwyk
The author Gillis van Schalkwyk paid me a visit and presented me with a copy of his book entitled ABOUT VAN REENEN. My paternal grandparents lived there.
Little Roman Catholic Church: Van Reenen While visiting Lourens Sturgeon the other day he presented me with a little building – more or less in HO-scale of the small church at Van Reenen which belongs to my aunt, Mrs Mims West Thomas. 113
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Wanted by Hennie Heymans: My late friend Richard Searle presented me with this hand washbasin for use in passenger coaches - made in Birmingham - BUT after his death we could not find the ‘hinges’ that open and close the wash basin. We have the small tri-angular wooden cupboard. I would like to purchase the two missing hinges. If any Transnet employee knows where I could buy it, please contact me. I will like to build the basin into my “Train Room”. I would also like to purchase a glass water bottle – those that were in the passage of the passenger carriages. Contact: heymanshb@gmail.com 114
LAST WORD FROM FABIAN MAANS (PRASA)
Fabian Maans: Ons vertrek nou van Touwsrivier Fabian Maans: We are departing from Touws River
COPYRIGHT: OTHER PEOPLE’S PHOTOGRAPHS Lourens Sturgeon told me the other day photographers don’t to see their photographs used on Facebook or in the public domain without their permission. Please guys, if you use other people’s photographs or photographs from other sites have the courtesy to ask the photographer (READ LAWFUL OWNER): “Please may I use your photograph?” In most cases permission would be granted for non-profit purposes.
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NEXT ISSUE & GREETINGS The next issue of “The Uloliwe” will be Vol 5 No 7 and will be published, DV, sometime during late June 2014. Please send in your comments, anecdotes and photographs please. Take care! Stuur ASB solank u stories, herinneringe in word.doc/x of per epos en eie foto’s in jpg-formaat aan uloliwe@gmail.com Hennie Heymans – Pretoria, ZA © 2014
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