Durban Station revamp - Part II

Have been sent some more pictures of the Upper area of the Station in Durban.

Purple Class 35's

Photographed in Bloemfontein, freshly painted and serviced. Apparently these will be the only two painted in the purple Shosholoza Meyl livery.

Blue Train- Class 12E's

A number of people have asked me what happened to the class 12E locomotives since they no longer pull the Blue Train. A source had told me that they were staged at Koedoespoort. André Kritzinger photographed the 5 units parked on a siding. I had heard romours that the 5 would eventually be converted, similar to a class 18E. André always has his finger of the pulse!

Durban Station - the revamp.

This picture was taken last week of the refurbished Durban Station. When I was there in October, it was an ugly building site. The new look is wonderful and I hope to get more pictures of the completed station soon.