Selati Line - Newington Station
Posted: 26 Apr 2015, 10:26
Hi all,
I am currently working as a guide in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, and our lodge, Savanna, is located at the old Newington Station. The Station has the number C.C 526 on the side, and we have about 400 m of the old line in place. The owners of the land also have an old dining cart sitting in a shed on the remaining line, which runs past the old station, which they have also refurbished and we use as a dinner venue. I cannot find too much on the old dining cart, except the name Senyati, the number 174 above the door leading into the dining area, and a plaque stating that it was built at Pretoria Works in 1914. We also have some of the last tickets in the cart, mostly dating back to 1969 and the transport of goods and the original menus for dinner and breakfast.
What I would like to find out more of, is the history of the line. I saw some snippets in a discussion from the Skukuza Station from 2009, but was wondering if there may be a little more detail to the history. We have many dinners in the cart with our guests, and I would really like to get some good, accurate information, and hopefully perhaps some interesting stories.
Does anybody know where I can find some of this?
Many thanks,
Neil Whyte
I am currently working as a guide in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, and our lodge, Savanna, is located at the old Newington Station. The Station has the number C.C 526 on the side, and we have about 400 m of the old line in place. The owners of the land also have an old dining cart sitting in a shed on the remaining line, which runs past the old station, which they have also refurbished and we use as a dinner venue. I cannot find too much on the old dining cart, except the name Senyati, the number 174 above the door leading into the dining area, and a plaque stating that it was built at Pretoria Works in 1914. We also have some of the last tickets in the cart, mostly dating back to 1969 and the transport of goods and the original menus for dinner and breakfast.
What I would like to find out more of, is the history of the line. I saw some snippets in a discussion from the Skukuza Station from 2009, but was wondering if there may be a little more detail to the history. We have many dinners in the cart with our guests, and I would really like to get some good, accurate information, and hopefully perhaps some interesting stories.
Does anybody know where I can find some of this?
Many thanks,
Neil Whyte