Hennie Heymans on sar-L, 31 December 2012:
'My friend Oom Gert (87) recently went down to Cape Town in the Orange Express from Bloemfontein to Cape Town. On the way down to Cape Town the train broke...
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At about 03:00 on 11 December, the two class 37 diesel-electric locomotives hauling a Transnet Freight Rail train carrying timber from Durban Bayhead to Umkomaas fell into the lagoon at Amanzimtoti...
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Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) locomotive driver Bongiwe Nkosi (31) was in the wrong place at 02:30 on 5 December when gunmen opened fire on a railway combi in Utrecht, mistaking it for a police vehicle....
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A 16-year-old from Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal who took a shortcut home across the railway on 6 December won't be making the same mistake again. Landing under a train, he was taken to hospital by...
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There were bananas ' green bananas - everywhere on 16 November when a Transnet Freight Rail train ran into the rear of a truck-trailer. According to Look Local online, truck owner Vossie Vorster said...
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According to News24, a man was injured on Sunday 25 November after he was reportedly pushed in front of a moving train at a station in Kraaifontein. 'ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said the man...
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According to News24, a woman was injured on Sunday 25 November after allegedly trying to board a moving train at Unibell station near Bellville. Bystanders told a paramedic that people in the train...
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One marvels at the way railway people in countries like Switzerland keep trains running under unbelievably difficult weather conditions. South Africa has occasional washaways but generally we do not...
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The Blue Train left Cape Town on 29 November behind class 14E dual-voltage locos 14-110 and 14-104. Both units were recently painted blue to match the train.
Inexplicably, during the night, loco...
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On 14 November, the northbound Blue Train journey was aborted at Hermon, 97km from Cape Town. The 25 passengers were taken back to Cape Town and flown to Gauteng. This preventative action was due to...
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