South African Steam Today |
Common terms and phrases
2ft gauge 3ft 6in gauge Aliwal North Bethlehem Bloemfontein Bloemfontein to Kimberley boiler Breyten Built by North Burgersdorp Cape Eastern Cape Midland main Cape Town Class 15AR Class 19D Class 24 Class 25NC climb coal Colliery condenser Crook Bottom left D. C. Rodgers D. C. Rodgers Left D. C. Rodgers Right depot dieselisation double-headed Durban E. P. Bobrowski Left electrified engines exchange sidings freight Garratts GMA Garratts Graaff-Reinet Grahamstown Harrismith J. S. Whiteley Johannesburg junction Kimberley Klerksdorp Klipplaat Kloofeind Koffiefontein Kroonstad locomotives Lootsberg Lower Adamson main line south Midland main line miles mixed Modderpoort Mosselbaai Natal North British Noupoort Oudtshoorn Paarden Eiland passenger link passenger train Pietermaritzburg Pietersburg Port Elizabeth Pretoria Queenstown Railway rebuilt remain steam-worked remaining steam River bridge Riversdale Rodgers Below right Rosmead route S. C. Crook Bottom South Africa Springfontein station steam worked lines Sterkstroom Stormberg sub-shed summit traffic Transvaal Uitenhage Witbank