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Three electric locomotives at the
head of a Johannesburg - Durban special train for the Institution
of Railway Signal Engineers, at Mooirivier on 16 April 1998. |
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A local train at Thornwood, near
Durban, on 16 April 1998. |
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This railway conveys huge quantities
of coal from mines in KwaZulu/Natal to Richards Bay on the Indian
Ocean coast north of Durban, in trains 2.5km long and weighing
10,000 tonnes. Not bad for a railway with a gauge of only 3ft
6in (1065mm). The picture shows 5 locomotives at the head of
such a train, approaching the Richards Bay export terminal on
17 April 1998. |
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A steam tourist service, the "Outeniqua
Choo-Tjoe", operates twice daily on the George to Knysna
route. 3635 takes the afternoon Knysna - George train over the
Kaaimans River bridge on 27 April 1998. |
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