Hi all.
Yesterday we visited the old steam locomotives standing between Welkom and Odendaalsrus, next to the line RRL uses. The veld was burning and from far off they looked as if they were is steam... Unfortunately the locos are getting more vandalized daily. The same with the 16CR's at St Helena mine.
We found Spoornet maroon 34 067 heading light loco to the mine exchange yards near the showgrounds. Here she picked up a couple of lime tankers. Later we saw her heading through Welkom en-route to Kroonstad.
We decided to catch up with her again at Whites. On arrival at Whites we noticed that the signals had all ready been set up. A short while later she headed through on a long load of mine prop trucks and the lime tankers.
Then we headed towards Virginia. Here we found blue 34 093 on a short load of mielies heading to Kroonstad.
The old clerestory coach that was used as the Rotary club house in Virginia has now been moved. Does anybody know to where ?
We recently reported on the last train to Grahamstown. Hennie Ferreira spoke to us and informed us that a load of containers has been sent to Grahamstown for the arts festival. He has had hundreds of phone calls for his train trip to Grahamstown he wants to run. He also told us that when they closed the Parys line and other lines in the Free State he had to accompany the weed killer train as the last train through the section.
Greetings.
John & Jacque.
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