Old clerestory coach

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Chris Janisch
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Old clerestory coach

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Seen languishing in the Bellville yards- a forlorn but priceless clerestory saloon. Whoever owns it has little use for it..
Note the little trolley turntable behind the coach.
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Dylan Knott
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Re: Old clerestory coach

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We have requested it for preservation. Another two has been discovered at Langlaagte and Ladysmith. Built as an Officers Caboose they were later replaced by steel cabooses. Has character.
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Stefan Andrzejewski
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Is that some form of turntable in the 2nd photo?
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Gabor Kovacs
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Very surprisingly in good condition
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Nathan Berelowitz
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Re: Old clerestory coach

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Peter Stow should have record of this one. Very nice example.
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Derek Walker
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While passing Millsite yesterdy a I spotted what looked like an intact clerestory coach on the far side of the diesel depot, near the gate that leads down to the mainline tracks, its inbetween a few petrol tankers. There are also 2 (possibly 3) steel bodied mainline coaches at a substation just before Witpoortjie station, it looks like they have been incorporated into some sort of workshop. Kevin, maybe we should look at Millsite as a destination one day as discussed.
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Nathan Berelowitz
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Re: Old clerestory coach

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Those turntables were usually for the inspection trolleys. There was one still visible at Pretoria station and at Koedoespoort station.
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These are the coaches at MIllsite that I spotted on my last trip to Magaliesburg.
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It has number 7511 on it. The other had no discernable number
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These are the coaches near Witpoortjie station, there are 3 of them in total. Only 1 has a number on it (naturally its the one I cant access...) but I think it is 22185.
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