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During my stay at Bityi in the Transkei from 1971 to 1974 CRB 14 No 2010 Opperated from Umtata to Butterworth with regular Driver Jan Bosch on the daily Passenger train to Amabele, his brother Nick Bosch was his guard and they returned with a goods load during the afternoon. Jan always cept 2010 ...

Is it not time that thought of a reward should be dangled to get someone to come forward to catch these thieves, I despise them as much as the "Rhino Murderers"

The term "Sorter" was used for the leader of the four guys working under a Checker in the Goodsheds, there was allso a "Chief Sorter", alltough it was never noticed any of them wearing these.
They handled the goods traffic in the goodsheds as well as the parcels on pasenger side.

In the days when all trains had a guard, he use to keep a trip journal, this was used to calculate there time and overtime for pay purposes, and was kept for three years if I remember correctly, after that it was compiled by the driver of trains running without a guard.

Beautiful shots Peter, thank you for sharing.

It is not in Pretoria, it is infront of Johannesburg Station. The one that The late Minister of Transport Honorable B.J.Schoeman was a Fireman on in the Braamfontein Yard. If not mistaken it is a class 16B no. 805.

She does look good, tho not alive, makes me wonder where driver Jan Bosch finds himself today?

On the line between Johannesburg and Krugersdorp, on the West Rand

Perhaps Mpumalanga, on the line between Ermelo and Machadodorp, over the Olifants or Crocodile river. ??

Why do the feeling arise that this is not in the RSA, it look in a sad state, perhaps in Maputo or Swaziland.

Hi Aiden - thank you for this, so many of our stations is gone without any records like these, please do it again when you get the chance.

Thank you Aiden, for bringing us down here in the Cape the "Gautrain" beauty.

Think there is a slight difference between the old SAR/Transnet and Sheltam

Is South Africa’s money not better spent on improving freight rail that could take lots of trucks off our roads by transporting goods safely and easily to and from our harbours?

It will not be easy to take the trucks of our roads, as it became the lifestyle of many and is to them a very ...