Cullinan from Trainman's archives

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Cullinan from Trainman's archives

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Old pictures and new captions from Nathan Berelowitz
Nathan wrote:One of our highly successful charter trains of the early days was the TITACOPYROMET trip that ran steam hauled to Witbank [with an early morning side trip to Cullinan]
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Pictured here is 15F 3094 on the section to Cullinan, where the train did an early morning side trip.
Pictured here is 15F 3094 on the section to Cullinan, where the train did an early morning side trip.
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The many smiling faces from the charter train pose here at Cullinan. On the very far right is our very own John Dadford
The many smiling faces from the charter train pose here at Cullinan. On the very far right is our very own John Dadford
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More group pictures of the successful charter. Seen here many years ago are from left to right: Rene Barnes who helped with the bar. Courtenay Champion, secretary and Marketeer, Nathan and Lindie Berelowitz, John and Robert Dadford, Andre Visser the Fireman, unfortunately recently passed away, Nigel Barnes crouching alongside driver Manie Neethling.
More group pictures of the successful charter. Seen here many years ago are from left to right: Rene Barnes who helped with the bar. Courtenay Champion, secretary and Marketeer, Nathan and Lindie Berelowitz, John and Robert Dadford, Andre Visser the Fireman, unfortunately recently passed away, Nigel Barnes crouching alongside driver Manie Neethling.
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OK.. dumb question (another one) who or what is a "TITACOPYROMET"
Not quite on the rails.
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Dunno what it stood for but it was a company outing and they chartered us. I think it may have been a combination of two companies, but what they did?!!!
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