Matjiesfontein part 2

[fanie kleynhans]

Here are a few pics of trains that I took while there. On google earth I found a S curve about 4 km west of town and spend some time there, the other pics were teken in town. I'm including a pic I took of a pic in the museum, what is the locos in front of that train, 5E?

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Fanie - really great pictures! Especially like number 4!

[Stefan Andrzejewski]

Great pic's.Yes the poster photo are 5E's. I remember that poster well

[Craig Duckham]

That is a 5E1 of UCW build, one of the early ones before the they changed the front on the balance of the class.

[Andreas Umnus]

I also say great pics. The best one is number 2 - the Premier class.

[Stefan Andrzejewski]

Andreas, the next time you are in South Africa , you have to take a trip on the Premier Classe. Its fantastic. We have done it twice and when the money flows again will do it to PE (Port Elizabeth)

[fanie kleynhans]

Stefan I'm also thinking of doing a Premier Classe trip to PE somewhere in the future, only problem is I would prefer 33's in front but dont think that is going to happen. When we past Worcester yard on our trip 2x35's were idling there, probably power for the PC.

[Craig Duckham]

If you caught the train, how did you get to the bend for pictures? Did you walk there?

As I am thinking of stopping here with the train for a few days.

[Andreas Umnus]

Hello Stefan,
Yes I missed riding a train last holiday. If there had been a train from PE to Jo'burg that day when I had to go to Jo'burg I had prefer to use the train than the plane. I think should I ever come back to South Africa one day, Iwill do a train ride.

[fanie kleynhans]

Craig yes we walked there, took about an hour if I remember correctly.