The Karoo in the early 1900s: station life

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The Karoo in the early 1900s: station life

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Station Life in the Karoo in the Early 1900s. Originally published in the South African Railway Magazine, October 1906.

"... the man stationed out in the desert places of the Karoo where there is little or no local traffic and nothing to break the long monotony, except the occasional goods train which rarely stops and the passenger with its one minute, just enough for the unfortunate hermit to hear the sarcastic queries of the passengers as to why they are stopping at this 'infernal place.'"

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