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On 11th June "Pathfinder Tours" did a special train from Derby to the English coast to Swanage which was hauled by the same Class 50 locos that headed "The 50 Terminator" on 26th March 1994, the official Class 50 farewell train: 50007 "Hercules" (formerly D407, 1984-2014 "Sir Edward Elgar") and ...

I find it interesting that the headlight layout follows the triangular ("A"-shape) one used in many European countries, while most of the SA locos have one big headlight on top and nothing else.

The Local as well:

Human error caused Bavaria train crash: prosecutors

They just said in a press conference that there are no signs of any technical failure and that it is the controller's fault. As far as the investigation could find out he used an override function to set the "Zs 1" signal (a signal used when the regular signal fails that allows a train to pass even ...

The "MT" indicates the tender class. Here's a photo of a class 12R with a MT tender:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Afr ... 310379.jpg

Die 19D usually had MR or MX tenders.

Mystery vandal bricks up Hamburg train door

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Where are they supposed to run? Are they for the trains to PE and EL or will Shosholoza Meyl be diesel-hauled in the future?

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Still on our trip from Cape Town to Johannesburg on 14 January 2015. In Beaufort West a loco change is necessary, because the line from Cape Town is electrified with 3kV DC up to here, and from here to Kimberley with 25 kV AC. There are ...

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After visiting the Transport Museum we continued without any train sightings after we came to the Johannesburg to Cape Town mainline near De Doorns in the Hex River Valley on 11 January. Apparently the Shosholoza Meyl to Johannesburg (departure ...

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We are still at the Outeniqua Transport Museum in George on 9 January 2015.

http://www.death-rock.de/bahnpics/20150109-20-16b-805.jpg
Class 16B No. 805 (North British Locomotive Company 21495/1917)

Now a few old cars - I'm not a car expert, perhaps someone ...

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After the visit in Umkomaas we had two "train-free" days. On 7 January we headed on to the Addo Elephant National Park , to watch some wildlife and was definitely a one-of-a-kind experience. Before entering the park, a freight train headed by the class 7E trio E7036, E7153 ...

I don't know. When we went up the stadium it was a Sunday, so it was rather quiet anyway.

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It's still 4 January 2015. After the trip on the Umgeni Steam Railway we headed back to Durban and went up on the arch of the Moses Mabhida Stadium to enjoy the view over the city (and its railway lines) from 105 m above ground level.

http://www.death-rock.de/bahnpics/20150104-33 ...

From New Year's Day until the 16th I have been in South Africa for the second time, and this time I have been able to take a lot more railway photos.

The afternoon after we arrived (2 Jan) we went to a spot between Umlaas Road and Camperdown in KZN, but after a bit more than 90 minutes there still ...

Here's a public link, don't know if it's the same video though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YohKk0PZME