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I believe Cape Town archives has material on the early Cape railways

Link worked for me

38 Class might dispute the claim that the locomotive is the first hybrid in SA

My concern is the number N 50 as these plates normally had the numeric loco number that the tender was originally allocated to

Hi,

Link to photo weekend part 2 on my blog https://aidanmccarthyblog.wordpress.com ... d-part-ii/ ‎

Link to my blog post covering the early morning session at Capital Park https://aidanmccarthyblog.wordpress.com ... nd-part-1/

I was told once the red is Gulf Red

Hi,

South African loading gauge is bigger than the UK loading gauge with a max height of 13 foot and max width 10 ft. If the loco is indeed out of gauge I think the RSR needs to have word about their new equipment development procedure :-)

In SA red boards are used for this purpose

Hi All,

Cape Gauge Club is a new club focused modeling South African Railways in HOn 3.5 scale. The aim is to create a modular layout based on Free-mo principles, see their website www.capegaugeclub.co.za for more details.

Now the question is 16.5mm or 12mm :-)

Hi Oliver, From what I have heard the Shallcross area is not very safe, try and connect with Charles Baker on facebook as he does a lot of train spotting in KZN. Also a photographer was mugged at Oudtshoorn station recently, I normally avoid stations as most are abandoned and they often have vagrant...

Hi Oliver, Here are a few comments on some of the routes, I live in Johannesburg but I spend my annual holiday in Cape Town that includes some train spotting East London - King William's Town (East London - Cookhouse / Queenstown - Bloemfontein)) - This line is used for both car trains and ore traff...

Hi Gordon,

Have you tried the railway museum at Windhoek station?

The plot thickens see article in Die Burger http://www.dieburger.com/nuus/2013-10-1 ... -keer-meer