THE ULOLWE SOUTH AFRICA – SUID-AFRIKA A monthly railway research / historical publication ‘n Maandelikse spoorweg historiese en navorsing publikasie Vol 2 No 8 B (Pictorial) Un-official / Nie Amptelik Everything to do with the former South African Railways: i.e. Railway Stations, Harbours, Airways, RMT, SAR Police, Armoured Trains, Lighthouses, Pipelines, Catering, SAR Models, Diagrams of Locomotives etc and books on the Railways in Southern Africa Hennie Heymans, Pretoria, South Africa heymanshb@gmail.com August 2011
[Photo: HBH – 16-11-2003]
Patron - Les Pivnic - Beskermheer
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Contents Front cover ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Welcome! ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Editorial ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Souvenir of South Africa – Mervyn Emms....................................................................................... 5 The old Durban Railway Station.................................................................................................... 5 The Point – Durban .......................................................................................................................... 6 East London ...................................................................................................................................... 6 East London Harbour – looking inland ........................................................................................ 7 Port Elizabeth: Jetty and Outer Anchorage .................................................................................. 7 Table Bay docks ................................................................................................................................ 8 Rudi Venter on a departmental train dropping of track along the line ....................................... 9 35-667 at Wentworth by Rudi Venter .............................................................................................. 13 1925: Onderbroekspruit - The Huisgenoot April 1925 ............................................................. 16 Carlos Vieira - Onderbroekspruit ................................................................................................ 17 15CB 2060 - 1925 Huisgenoot ....................................................................................................... 22 Accident Bulawayo (Mpopoma) – Boon Boonzaaier .................................................................... 24 1E & ES - Rudi Venter........................................................................................................................ 29 E1- 25 Charles Baker’s photographs ................................................................................................ 32 ES 509 Natal – Rudi Venter ............................................................................................................... 34 Interior shots of the ES .............................................................................................................. 37 ES photographs by Les Pivnic .......................................................................................................... 38 1E photograph by Les Pivnic ............................................................................................................ 39 NZ 84-829-845 – Koedoespoort - HBH ........................................................................................ 39 NZASM Locomotive Pretoria Station – HBH ................................................................................ 40 Pretoria West – formerly the Station of the PPSM/PPR – HBH................................................... 42 Cape Government Railways: Vetrivier – Jacque Wepener .......................................................... 46 Photographs of South Africa by TD Ravenscroft – Mervyn Emms ............................................ 47 Table Bay during the Anglo-Boer War? ...................................................................................... 48 Steam Lorry over the Liesbeek in Mowbray .............................................................................. 48 Railways in Claremont .................................................................................................................. 48 East London Harbour .................................................................................................................... 49 2
Worcester......................................................................................................................................... 51 Cape Town – Simons Town-line? ................................................................................................ 51 Knysna ............................................................................................................................................. 51 New Cape Central Railway – Robertson? .................................................................................. 52 Pietermaritzburg ............................................................................................................................ 52 Durban ............................................................................................................................................. 53 Wepener’s Perambulations ............................................................................................................... 54 Between Bloemhof and Grasslands ............................................................................................. 54 Between Grasslands and Kingswood .......................................................................................... 55 Eensgevonden................................................................................................................................. 55 The Blue Train between Grasslands and Kingswood ............................................................... 55 From Hennenman and Holfontein, returning to Kroonstad ................................................... 57 Kingswood ...................................................................................................................................... 57 RRL Welkom ................................................................................................................................... 58 Tsumis Park – Namibia (Bosveld Train Safaris) ........................................................................ 58 Welkom ........................................................................................................................................... 59 Whites .............................................................................................................................................. 60 Kimberley Station – Jacque Wepener .......................................................................................... 61 Old Durban Photos – Mervyn Emms .............................................................................................. 62 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 66
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Front cover The late Boon Boonzaaier and I are on a special Bosveld Train Safaris excursion on the way to the Cape. We are enjoying a quiet drink, Boon wine and I a Brandy and Coke in our compartment before dinner, we are enjoying the clinkety-clack of the coaches on the rails! Drinking in the sunset and ambience! This photo is called “Wes-Transvaalse sonsak” it was taken on 3-10-2003 by HBH. Those were the days!
Welcome! A hearty word of welcome to each friend! Let’s hope those awful gremlins won’t pester us this time!
Editorial This pictorial edition is compiled for solely your enjoyment – just look at the pictures and relax. Feedback on the photographs will be appreciated as we don’t have all the information available. A special word of thanks to all our correspondents, for their photographs and comments. I really appreciate it that you are prepared to share with us! Before Railways in Africa we had the ox-wagon and where we had no roads we made use of the following:
We pay homage to all our pioneers! 4
Souvenir of South Africa – Mervyn Emms
The old Durban Railway Station
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The Point – Durban
East London
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East London Harbour – looking inland
Note Harbour Board engine.
Port Elizabeth: Jetty and Outer Anchorage
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Table Bay docks
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Rudi Venter on a departmental train dropping of track along the line
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35-667 at Wentworth by Rudi Venter
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1925: Onderbroekspruit - The Huisgenoot April 1925
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Carlos Vieira - Onderbroekspruit
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15CB 2060 - 1925 Huisgenoot
Above left the first locomotive of the ZASM used in Transvaal from 1887. Right is the first Cape Locomotive from 1873. 22
From left to right: Sir William Hoy, Mr Johan Rissik, Minister CW Malan, Mr WJ Veary and Mr CM Hoffe
Above left: “Here one gets an indication of the height of the locomotive. Locomotive No 2060 with Railway Minister Charlie Malan. 23
Accident Bulawayo (Mpopoma) – Boon Boonzaaier
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1E & ES - Rudi Venter Correspondent Rudi Venter sent in some historic photographs of the 1E and the ES. He also sent some photographs that Charles Baker had taken. I had obtained permission from Charles Baker to publish them. One photograph is also the same as Leith Paxton’s photograph on page 135.1
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See Paxton, Leith & Bourne, D: Locomotives of the South African Railways – A Concise Guide, Struik, 1985.
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E1- 25 Charles Baker’s photographs
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Any comments on the livery of 1E-25? She appears black. [As a little boy in Durban during the 1950’s I remember that not all the 1E’s were of the same shade of green – HBH]
ES 509 Natal – Rudi Venter
This photograph also appears in Paxton & Bourne p 135.
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Interior shots of the ES
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ES photographs by Les Pivnic
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1E photograph by Les Pivnic
NZ 84-829-845 – Koedoespoort - HBH
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NZASM Locomotive Pretoria Station – HBH
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Pretoria West – formerly the Station of the PPSM/PPR – HBH Lt-Col Eric Samuels grew up on “Time Ball Hill” as his father was a railwayman. One day he took me on a tour of Old Pretoria. He took me to SAR Pretoria West and he pointed out the old Pretoria Pietersburg Railway Company’s station. This station is to the West of the SAR Pretoria Station and past Potgieter Street to the west. If I guess it is about a mile to the west of the Central Station. Here are some photographs I took at the “old” PPR Station:
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Cape Government Railways: Vetrivier – Jacque Wepener
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Photographs of South Africa by TD Ravenscroft – Mervyn Emms
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Table Bay during the Anglo-Boer War?
Note all the tents.
Steam Lorry over the Liesbeek in Mowbray
Railways in Claremont
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East London Harbour
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Worcester
Cape Town – Simons Town-line?
Knysna
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New Cape Central Railway – Robertson?
Note the Rail Bridge in centre.
Pietermaritzburg
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Durban
The first extension of the Durban – Point line went to a quarry near the Umgeni River. Here is a photograph of the rail and road bridges over the Umgeni.
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Wepener’s Perambulations Between Bloemhof and Grasslands
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Between Grasslands and Kingswood
Eensgevonden
The Blue Train between Grasslands and Kingswood
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From Hennenman and Holfontein, returning to Kroonstad
Kingswood
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RRL Welkom
Tsumis Park – Namibia (Bosveld Train Safaris)
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Welkom
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Whites
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Kimberley Station – Jacque Wepener
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Old Durban Photos – Mervyn Emms
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Historic photo taken on 3 May 1936 by Mr A Goldie: Note the “new” ES and Dining Car “Protea” on the Durban Victoria Embankment.
1869: Our first operational locomotive and Point railway station. [This is one of the clearest pictures I have ever seen of this scene – HBH.] 63
Soldiers Way – the railway line went from Durban station to Point and the docks until the line along the Victoria Embankment was open. This looks like Durban Freight station. The NGR workshops can be seen.
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1920 Fishing Jetty, Durban Harbour and West Street with early Horse Tram. 65
A Railway Station in Natal somewhere during the Anglo-Boer War – any ideas?
1924” SAR 7 H Shipwrights – only one person is identified, he is Mr AW Goldie – sitting 2nd from the left.
Conclusion That’s all Folks! Until next time in September 2011 – Hennie Heymans. 66