South African Railways Illustrated Volume 13
October / November 2016
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South African Railways Illustrated Editor / Design & Layout
Charles Baker Email Telephone Cell
Photographers / Contributors
Fanie Kleynhans Mark Berry Aidan McCarthy David Heyneke James Attwell Jacque Wepener
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(031) 337-7760 082 923 4868 Greg Hart Les Pivnic Wayne Nauschutz Noel Forster Charles Baker Eugene Armer
Front Cover Photo. A trio of red Transnet Freight Rail liveried Class 35 locomotives, 35-066 / 35-416 / 35-443, with Rovos Rail’s “Shongololo Express” passing Vink Rivier on their recent 15day Good Hope / Golf Tour (31st August 2016). Photo – Wayne Nauschutz. Inside Front Cover Photo. Class 10E electric locomotives, 10 008 / 10 004 / 10 038 / 10 002, with Train No. 8405. Load: 8004 Tons, 400 Axles, at Sybrand B, Leeuhof Section, towards Rooikop (30th August 2016). Photo – David Heyneke. Inside Back Cover Photo. The front cover of the special feature issue of South African Railways Illustrated that was published recently on ISSUU, “My Love Affair With Railways” by Harold Leslie (Les) Pivnic. This mini autobiography is a must read, look for it on ISSUU! Back Cover Photo. Class 33 33-501 and Class 35 35-405 with a mixed freight approaching Kleinberg Station (17th February 2006). Photo – Fanie Kleynhans. Special acknowledgement and appreciation to Col. André Kritzinger and the “List of South African Locomotives” on Wikipedia (the free online Encyclopaedia), the preferred SA locomotive reference and research source of SARI.
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Contents – Volume 13 Page 5.
Editor’s Comment
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Class 16DA No. 879 & Goods Train - Les Pivnic
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Photo Gallery - Eugene Armer
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Ficksburg Station Layout - Greg Hart
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Photo Gallery - David Heyneke
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Dundee Lever Frame - Charles Baker
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Caledon Station Layout - Greg Hart
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Photo Gallery - Fanie Kleynhans
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Photo Gallery - Noel Forster
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Photo Gallery - Greg Hart
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Photo Gallery - Jacque Wepener
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Photo Gallery - Aidan McCarthy
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Photo Gallery - James Attwell
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Photo Gallery - Mark Berry
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Photo Gallery - Charles Baker
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Photo Gallery - Wayne Nauschutz
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Braamfontein Yard - Aidan McCarthy
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Editor’s Comment Regular contributors to SARI, Wayne Nauschutz & Fanie Kleynhans, both from the Western Cape, have taken care of the front and back exterior covers of Volume 13 respectively. Wayne was on hand to bag a real cracker of a photo of the newly re-branded Rovos Rail “Shongololo Express”, which was on a 15-day (3620km) Good Hope / Golf Tour of the country recently, while Fanie provided a beautiful photo from 2006 of a short mixed freight, headed by a Class 33 (400) locomotive in her original SAR red & whisker livery, from his considerable photo catalogue. I’ve increased the number of images showcased as double-page spreads from our contributors in this issue in an effort to really maximise their visual appearance & presentation. This will continue in all future issues and the number of double-page spreads will increase further. We start off proceedings with a wonderful photo from Les Pivnic of Class 16DA No. 879 working a specially arranged goods train between Springs and Bethal in March 1990. Eugene Armer’s contributions include three awesome images from his photo archives of Class 34 locomotives that look really stunning in their South African Railways livery working various trains during the 1970s & 1980s. I have to say that I was really chuffed when Eugene sent these three photos through for inclusion and I’m hoping that he will continue to dig deep in his collection for more of these retro classics in the future. Two of Greg Hart’s exceptional station layout drawings, Ficksburg Station & Caledon Station, are featured in this issue. These immaculate drawings really are a fantastic reminder of how integral these stations were to the towns and communities on the South African Railways network that they served – magical and beautiful places indeed! Noel Forster has contributed another twelve images from his 1977 railfanning tour of South Africa, which include a few wonderful photos of narrow gauge workings on the line from Ixopo through to Donnybrook. Once again my sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone who has contributed and helped to produce this issue of SARI, which I believe features a particularly strong collection of photographs from around South Africa and which span some five decades! Enjoy the read everyone! Charles Baker 5
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Page 6 & 7: On the 10th of March 1990, a special working with a goods train was arranged by Jean Dulez, and I managed to get several photos of the run myself. In this shot, Class 16DA No. 879 “THEODORA” that was booked to work the train, is seen rounding a curve near Leandra on the line between Springs and Bethal. Photo – Les Pivnic.
Soul of A Railway © By Les Pivnic and Charlie Lewis Les and Charlie are working together on this project to convey to future generations the essence of a once magnificent transport network in South Africa - the South African Railways or SAR. The SAR was divided into nine systems as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Cape Western, based in Cape Town Cape Northern, based in Kimberley Cape Midland, based in Port Elizabeth Cape Eastern, based in East London Orange Free State, based in Bloemfontein Natal, based in Durban Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg Eastern Transvaal, based in Pretoria South West Africa, based in Windhoek
Charlie is doing systems 1 to 4 while Les is doing systems 5 to 8.
Introduction https://sites.google.com/site/soulorailway/home/introduction 8
Eugene Armer Photo Gallery Above: Transnet Freight Rail Class 18E locomotives, 18 810 & 18 724, are passing through Metrorail's Rhodesfield Station in Kempton Park, with a Rovos Rail train from Cape Town to Pretoria. The Gautrain Rhodesfield Station on the upper level provides a direct interchange between the two systems (27th April, 2015). Page 10 (Top): On a lovely summer afternoon a quartet of Class 36 diesels (36-102, 36-110, 36090, 36-122) is approaching the Meyer Street bridge in Meyerton, heading towards Leeuhof in Vereeniging with a string of anhydrous ammonia tankers (18th February 2015). Page 10 (Bottom): An aerial view of Millsite depot at Krugersdorp. A set of five Class 34s is idling away with the blue smoke trails clearly visible. Several Class 36s can be seen as well. The line to Mafikeng is on the extreme left and next to it the electrified line in and out of Waterval Yard. For my 60th birthday I treated myself to a helicopter training flip from Krugersdorp airfield and made sure we did a couple of turns over the depot!
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Page 12 & 13: The setting sun catches a set of five brand new GE Class 34 diesels smoking it up on a southbound manganese ore train between Witput and Orange River on the Kimberley - De Aar line (March 1975). My notes of this day don't tell me whether this was a 50 or 100 wagon train, but I guess with 5 new diesels it was probably the latter!
Page 14 & 15: Class 34-900 GE U26C diesel 34-906 leads two sisters on an air-braked container train through Kraankuil, northbound to Kimberley. When this shot was taken in May 1981, these locomotives were less than three years old, the class having entered service between 1979 and 1981. Of course, the real reason for the photographer being there was to capture the 25NCs on the 'Steel Kyalami', but 35 years later I'm glad I took this shot! Page 16 & 17: Thirty years ago the "Zimbabwe Mail" still operated weekly between Johannesburg and Bulawayo, consisting of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger coaches. A SAR air-conditioned dining and kitchen car was allocated to the train from Johannesburg as far as Mafikeng, and the NRZ diner would be added during the night at Artesia siding in Botswana. In March 1986, the train is seen passing Battery behind a pair of Millsite depot GE Class 34 (400) diesels, with 34-456 leading, heading towards Tarlton and Magaliesburg. The SAR twin diner is visible in the curve behind the first six coaches. 11
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David Heyneke Photo Gallery Above: South African Class 10E electric locomotives, No. 10 002 / 10 038 / 10 004 / 10 008, Train No. 2450, Load: 1 665 Tons 384 Axles, at Redan, Leeuhof Section towards Warrenton (30th August 2016). Page 22 & 23: South African Class 10E electric locomotives, No. 10 008 / 10 004 / 10 038 / 10 002, Train No. 8405, Load: 8 004 Tons 400 Axles, at Rooikop, Union Section (30th August 2016). Page 24 & 25: South African Class 20E electric locomotives, 20 043 / 20 035 / 20 076 / 20 027, Train No. 6431, Load: 8 223 Tons 420 Axles, at Driemanskap, Standerton Section, towards ArcelorMittal Newcastle (25th August 2016). Page 26 & 27: Class Experimental AC Locomotive 25KV 50Hz AC, E1600 in Spoornet Orange livery, at Pyramid - South Shed, Pretoria (7th September 2016).
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Above: Class 22E 3KV DC/25KV AC/50Hz electric locomotives, 22 027 / 060 / 035, in Transnet Freight Rail livery, at Pyramid - South Shed, Pretoria. Below: Class 7E2 Series 2, 25KV 50Hz AC, E7189 in SAR red & whisker livery, at Pyramid - South Shed, Pretoria, (7th September 2016).
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A Class 15B at Van Reenen Station with a passenger train Class 1Es and a passenger train on Van Reenens Pass
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Fanie Kleynhans Photo Gallery Above: Class 33 (400) locomotives, 33-513 & 33-510, head a freight train through Albertinia heading towards Voorbaai (28th December 2005). Page 34 & 35: Class 33 (400) 33-501 & Class 35 (400) 35-405 lead a single DZ wagon over the Gouritz River. On the far right is the N2 highway with the older bridge in the middle being used for bungee jumping (17th February 2006). Page 36 & 37: A Bushveld Safari holiday train with Class 35 locomotives, 35-018 & 35-026 at the front, are seen here at Albertinia Station before continuing on to Mossel Bay (29th December 2005).
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Above: Class 33 (400) 33-501 & Class 35 (400) 35-405 lead a mixed freight through Cooper in the morning heading towards Voorbaai. Below: The same train as above on the return back to Worcester at the level crossing next to the PetroSA plant near Mossel Bay. (17th February 2006).
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Above: A friendly wave from the driver of 33-501 as they round the curve before entering Albertinia Station (17th February 2006). Below: Class 8E1 E1817 and Class 6E E1186 taking a break from duties in the Worcester yard (20th February 2006).
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Above: Class 6E locomotives E1167 & E1163 with two dead mates lead an empty coal train into the mountains before the Hex River Valley (20th February 2006). Below: Class 35s, with 35-029 at the front, lead a load of coal here through Brackenfell heading to Saldanha (22nd March 2006).
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Noel Forster Photo Gallery Above: Class 25NC No. 3438 and Class 25 No. 3474 on a Bloemfontein – Beaconsfield goods near Olienhoutplaat (20th February 1977). Below: Class 23 No. 3286 being serviced at Marseille (21st February 1977).
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Above: Class 15AR No. 2093 & Class 14CRB No. 1777 climbing Bushman’s Hoek pass on Queenstown – Burgersdorp pick up. Below: Class 19D No. 2693 having her fire cleaned at Wepener on the Bloemfontein – Aliwal North passenger train (21st March 1977).
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Above: Class NGG16 No. 109 between Rydal and Glen Beaulah on a Donnybrook goods / timber train (4th April 1977). Below: Class 23 No. 3286 crosses Class 12R No. 1875 bound for Sydenham at Marseilles (21st February 1977).
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Above: Class GMAM No. 4060 at Lootsberg Pass on a Mossel Bay – Johannesburg passenger train (8th April 1977). Below: CFM No. 708 climbs up from the ‘valley of 1000 horseshoe curves’ bound for Kwa Dake, Swaziland (2nd April 1977).
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Above: CFM No. 708 back from Kwa Dake in Swaziland with a loaded ore train (2nd April 1977). Below: Class GMAM No. 4140 climbing Montague Pass on a Cape Town – Port Elizabeth passenger train (18th April 1977).
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Above: Class NGG16 No. 143 near Maxwell on an Ixopo – Donnybrook a mixed goods train (4th April 1977). Below: Class NGG16 No. 143 with her mixed goods train arriving at Donnybrook (4th April 1977).
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Greg Hart Photo Gallery Above: Twenty minutes before 18-164 appeared with this load of containers it was looking good for snow in the Balgowan area of the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. This train was heading out of KZN and was bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg (29th August 2014). Below: 18-297 crossing the old bridge out of Mooi River towards Hidcote on a cold winter’s morning of 1° C (7th June 2014).
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Above: PRASA 18-401 is Durban bound with a Premier Classe set having just departed Lions River after a crew change (30th August 2014). Below: Class 18Es X 7 light units headed to Durban at The Ugly Duckling 18-199 / 416 / 127 / 243 / 602 / 652 / 177 (30th August 2014).
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Above: Class 18Es, headed by 18-515, with a Cement train for Newcastle from Mount Vernon siding, seen here at Cliffdale (29th August 2014). Below: Cows graze as five Class 18Es pulling one of the 65-truck “Python� trains passes by on the way to Nottingham Road (31st August 2014).
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Above: 18-205 heads a cement train up towards Lidgetton in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands (14th September 2014). Below: 18-802 / 18-807 with the blue train heading home back to Pretoria through Cliffdale after a weekend special to Durban (21st September 2014).
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Above: Sundown at Cedara Station and this Luxrailer Trolley has just completed the 6.9km section of track up through Cedara Tunnel. Below: 18-515 with a Durban bound container train negotiates the top balloon at Boughton in Pietermaritzburg (15th October 2014).
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Jacque Wepener Photo Gallery Above: The Blue Train, with Class 20E locomotives 20 032 & 20 031, heads through Welgelee, northwards due to the shutdown, running about 4 hours late (1st September 2016). Below: Due to the shutdown of the Klerksdorp – De Aar section, the Premier Classe is pictured here between Holfontein and Geneva, while returning to Johannesburg via the Free State (31st August 2016).
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Above: Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-799, heading a Rovos Rail set through Heuningspruit (2nd September 2016). Below: South African Railways Class 19D (4-8-2) No. 2510, built by Krupp in 1937, plinthed at Barkly East (24th April 2014).
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Above: A strange visitor to Bloemhof, a Class 9E gets hauled dead to the workshops on the reef by Class 6E1 E1305 (6th July 2006). Below: Now nearing the end of their working lives, here is a great lash-up of six Class 6E1 locomotives headed by E1377 at Bloemhof (17th November 2011).
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Above: Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-799, heading a Rovos Rail set through Koppies (2nd September 2016). Below: The Algoa passenger train at Bloemfontein Station replenishing the water supply of the coaches before coupling to diesel motive power (21st October 2008).
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Aidan McCarthy Photo Gallery A day out to Cullinan with a Friends of the Rail train and hauled by Class 15F No. 3052 on a beautiful spring day. Class 15F No. 3052 “AVRIL� is owned by the famous conservationist, wildlife and railway artist, David Shepherd, after being swapped for one of his paintings by Transnet. She is now in the custodianship of the Sandstone Heritage Trust and after being overhauled at Reefsteamers she was transferred to Friends of the Rail in Pretoria. It is amazing that in 2016 we can still see large mainline steam locomotives operating in heritage service (4th September 2016).
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James Attwell Photo Gallery Above & Below: Two of PRASA’s Class 18Es and a late-running Trans Karoo race along the Fochville to Potchefstroom mainline. This was an unusual sight on this line as the train usually takes the Randfontein single-line to Potchefstroom (26th August 2016). Page 60 & 61: David Shepherd’s Class 15F No. 3052 “AVRIL” prepares to depart Reefsteamers’ shed in Germiston for her new home at Friends of the Rail in Pretoria (28th August 2016).
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Above: Four Class 20Es enter Potchefstroom with empties from Vereeniging (26th August 2016). Below: Three Class 34 locomotives, with 34-403 in charge, trundle past Rhodesfield Station with a load of cement, on the busy Germiston to Pretoria mainline (28th August 2016).
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Above: Two Class 15AR locomotives, No. 1849 and No. 1803 at Napdaan (7th April 1977). Below: Class 25NC No. 3493 (built by North British Locomotive in 1953) leaving De Aar on a Cape Town to Johannesburg passenger train (10th April 1977).
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Above: Class 15A No. 1970 “MILLY� heads off to De Aar Locomotive Depot (10th April 1977). Below: On the 1st May 1977, Class GMAM No. 4168, worked a train from Pietermaritzburg to New Hanover and is pictured here at Albert Falls.
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Above: David Shepherd’s Class 15F No. 3052 negotiates the busy Germiston to Pretoria mainline, seen here at Rhodesfield where she paces a local 5M2A Metrorail set. Below: No. 3052 and her crew pose for a historic photo outside her new shed for the very first time (28th August 2016).
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Mark Berry Photo Gallery Above: Class 36 diesel shunter, 36-047, nears Worcester Station surrounded by the beautiful mountains of the Western Cape (10th August 2016). Below: PRASA Class 6E1 locomotives, E1667 & E1603, working the Trans Karoo through Worcester (10th August 2016). Page 66/67: The Blue Train departs Worcester Station in the Western Cape headed by Class 20E locomotives, 20 032 & 20 031 (10th August 2016). Page 68/69: Class 6E1, E1667, leaving Worcester Station with the Premier Classe in the new PRASA blue livery for Gauteng (16th August 2016).
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Above: A Rovos Rail set makes its way through the beautiful farmlands at Artois Siding in the Western Cape (7th August 2016). Below: Class 18E Series 2 locomotives, 18-693 & 18-677, with the Blue Train passing through Botha Siding, while on the way to Cape Town (16th August 2016).
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Above: A beautiful morning as the Blue Train works through Regina in the North West Province (14th March 2016). Below: 18-682 & 18-680 working a Rovos Rail set near Worcester on a cloudy afternoon in the Western Cape (7th August 2016).
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Charles Baker Photo Gallery Above: These two examples of South African Railway electric motive power history are still standing in a disused Goods Shed at Danskraal / Ladysmith. Class 1E, E25, built in 1923 by Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works. The Class 1E locomotives were the first electric locomotives placed in service by SAR. Behind E25 is Class ES Shunter, E518, a centre cab electric shunting locomotive built in 1952 and known to their crews as “Studebakers”. During 2014 they formed part of a Go Dove auction lot (for scrap). Bart Zaayman commented as follows “when I was still at Transnet I was a member of the group trying to complete the canned railway museum in Car Street. We picked up on these two locos that were on tender for scrap and succeeded in stopping the sale. The idea was to use this 1E, the one at Millsite and the one in Cape Town to build a running one. I since retired and have no idea what is the progress with the old Victoria structure” (14th August 2016). Page 74/75: South African Railways Class 19D No. 2696 plinthed at Volksrust in the centre of the town. The locomotive is secure and in extremely good condition (14th August 2016). Page 76/77: The afternoon jet fuel train, headed by 18-232 is crossing the Mooi River and will shortly pass through Mooi River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands (30th January 2015). Page 79: Class 36 (200) 36-232 in her new TFR red livery enjoys some shutdown time while on loan to Metrorail in Durban (23rd October 2014). Page 80: Class 8E locomotives, E8048 & E8051 are pictured here at the yard adjacent to the recently closed Clairwood Racecourse on their way to Toyota at Isipingo to collect a load of new export vehicles to ferry through to the Car Terminal at the Point (24th November 2014). 72
Above: 18-333 / 655 / 200 / 093 / 675 and an empty Python at Nottingham Road (29th August 2014). Below: CFL 111 & 104 (Type GE U20C) belong to Caminho de Ferro de Luanda / Luanda Railway after refurbishment by African Rail & Traction Services at Maydon Wharf (3rd June 2014).
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Above: Class 18Es, headed by 18-349, still look pretty good in their "refreshed", old Spoornet blue livery, with a load of containers at Camperdown (4th October 2014). Below: PRASA locomotives in Durban under the Argyle Road bridge 18-402 / 18-433 / 18-424 (25th April 2015).
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Wayne Nauschutz Photo Gallery Above: A Rovos Rail set headed by Class 18E 18-285 passing through Botha in the Western Cape (21st August 2016). Pages 82/83: Class 36, 36-013 returning to Worcester with a load of empties from Kynoch in Wolseley (8th September 2016). Pages 84/85: Class 18E 18-682 with a soda ash train passing Romansrivier and bound for Consol Glass in Cape Town (8th September 2016). Pages 86/87: Ceres Railway Company’s Class 19D No. 3321 “JESSICA” on the second run of the day nearing Wolseley (16th April 2016). Pages 88/89: David Shepherd’s Class 15F No. 3052 “AVRIL” during the second Reefsteamers winter photogala (27th August 2016).
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Braamfontein Yard Pages 90 – 94: So for something different, over the years on various photo expeditions into Johannesburg I have had the opportunity to get some shots of the Shosholoza Meyl coaches and Metro units staged in Braamfontein Yard. There is something fascinating about the repeating patterns and colours of the rolling stock at rest. Photos – Aidan McCarthy.
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