Pilgrim's Rust - Tracing the Tramway

[Steve Appleton]

Pilgrim's Rust [sic] - Tracing the Tramway. "On reaching the bottom of Robber’s Pass on a journey towards the village of Pilgrim’s Rest you will notice on your left the Golf Club, but should you glance to the right you will see at intervals elegant cast iron poles each with a curved outrigger. You may well ponder as to what they are and after three guesses will still be none the wiser. To know the answer you will have to know some of the history of Pilgrim’s Rest."

Most of us have seen this tramway artifact and wondered why the local preservationalists do not restore it and make it into another tourist attraction for the little village. But then, too often in SA, we and the authorities pay little homage to heritage artifacts of the past, ignoring them until they are gone.

See: http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/arti ... ng-tramway for the story.

[Dylan Knott]

All three locos and some rolling stock still exist today.