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Soul of A Railway
Soul of A Railway ©
Introduction
Part 1: Introduction by Charlie Lewis
Part 2: Introduction by Charlie Lewis
David Charles Rodgers: an appreciation
Robert Otto Koch: an appreciation
System 1: Cape Western
Part 1: Cape Town prior to WWII
Part 2: Cape Town to Wellington
Part 3: Wellington - Touws River
Part 4: Touws River-Beaufort West
Part 5: Beaufort West - De Aar
Part 6: Cape Western outer-suburban and local services
Part 7: The Caledon train
Part 8: Cape Town - Elgin, the fruit traffic
Part 9: Caledon line freight: Elgin-Caledon and beyond
Part 10: Back from the Ruggens
Part 11: Cape Town-Kraaifontein-Malmesbury-Bitterfontein
Part 12: Worcester-Mossel Bay and the NCCR
Part 13: The Ladismith branchline
Part 14: Franschhoek and Ceres branches
Part 15: Calvinia, Sakrivier, Porterville and Saldanha branches
Part 16: Table Bay Harbour
Part 17: Cape Suburban Introduction
Part 18: Cape Suburban: Cape Town Station
System 2: Cape Northern
Part 6 Orange River to De Aar
System 3: Cape Midland
Part 1: The Port Elizabeth Narrow Gauge
Part 2: Port Elizabeth - Loerie: the Limestone Traffic
Part 3: Passenger Services, General Freight & Fruit traffic
Part 4: Loerie - Assegaaibos
Part 5: Assegaaibos - Joubertina
Part 6: Joubertina - Avontuur
Part 7: Avontuur to Assegaaibos
Part 8: The Patensie Branch
Part 9: Port Elizabeth to Paterson
Part 10: Paterson to Alicedale
Part 11: Alicedale to Cradock
Part 12: Cradock to De Aar
Part 13: PE to Graaff-Reinet
Part 14: Graaff-Reinet to Bethesda Road
Part 15: Bethesda Road to Rosmead: Lootsberg Pass
Part 16: Winter on the Lootsberg Pass
Part 17: Mossel Bay to Power
Part 18: Power to Oudtshoorn
Part 19: Oudtshoorn - Klipplaat
Part 20: Port Elizabeth Harbour
Part 21: The Port Elizabeth Suburban Service (1: 1875 to 1970)
Part 22: The Port Elizabeth Suburban Service (2)
Part 23: From George to Knysna
Part 24: Knysna to George and the Calitzdorp Branch
Part 25: The Grahamstown & Port Alfred branch
Part 26: The Somerset East, Alexandria & Kirkwood branches
System 4: Cape Eastern
System 5: Orange Free State
Part 1: Bloemfontein pre-1965
Part 1a: Bloemfontein post-1965
Part 1b: Hump retarder yard, sheds & workshops
Part 1c: Bloemfontein post-1965
Part 2: Makouvlei to Bosrand
Part 3: Bosrand to Glen
Part 4: Glen to Bloemfontein
Part 5: Bloemfontein to Springfontein
Part 6: Springfontein and the Koffiefontein branch
Part 7: Springfontein to Noupoort
Part 8: Bethlehem to Modderpoort
Part 9: Bloemfontein to Modderpoort including to Aliwal North
System 6: Natal
Part 1: Durban Old Station
Part 2: Greyville Loco, Greyville Station to Umgeni & Berea Road to Rossburgh
Part 3: Durban Harbour, Wests, the Bluff & Cato Creek to Congella
Part 4: Old Main Line from Rossburgh to Cato Ridge
Part 6: Pietermaritzburg - Greytown
Part 7: Pietermaritzburg-Greytown, including branches
Part 8: Richmond Branch and the Cape-Natal
Part 9: The Cape - Natal: Donnybrook-Underberg
Part 11: The Matatiele & Kokstad branches
Part 12: Natal Main Line – Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith
PART 13 The Natal Main Line – from north of Ladysmith to Charlestown
Part 17: North Coast 3: Empangeni to Golela by Les Pivnic, Bruno Martin and Ashley Peter ©
Part 18: The Natal South Coast (1): Durban to Ilfracombe
Part 19: The Natal South Coast (2): Umkomaas to Umzinto by Les Pivnic and Bruno Martin ©
Glencoe-Vryheid-Piet Retief
Part 20: The Natal South Coast (3): Kelso to Port Shepstone by Les Pivnic and Bruno Martin ©
Part 21: Estcourt–Weenen Railway
Part 22: Umlaas Road – Mid Illovo
Part 22, Umlaas Road to Mid Illovo
The New Main Line from Rossburgh to Pietermaritzburg
Natal North Coast: 1. Umgeni River to New Guelderland
Natal North Coast 2: Darnall to Ninians
System 7: Western Transvaal
Part 1: Johannesburg between the Home Signals
Part 2: Johannesburg between the Home Signals-2
Part 3: Johannesburg Station in Transition
Part 4: Johannesburg to Germiston
Part 5: Germiston and Surrounds
Part 6: Germiston, the Steam and Diesel Running Sheds
Part 7, Germiston Steam and Diesel Running Sheds (2nd section)
Part 8: South eastwards as far as Volksrust
Part 9: South-Eastwards as far as Volksrust (2nd part)
Part 10: South-Eastwards as far as Volksrust (3rd part)
Part 11: South-Eastwards as far as Volksrust (Part 4)
Part 12 - South-Eastwards as far as Volksrust (5)
Part 13 - Eastwards from Germiston, Part 1: Germiston East to Brakpan by Les Pivnic and Peter Micenko ©
Part 15 - Eastwards from Germiston Part 3: Springs to Leven
Braamfontein West to Klerksdorp (home signal) (2)
Braamfontein Yard (2)
Eastwards from Germiston Part 2: Brakpan and Modder-B to Springs and Nigel
Eastwards from Germiston Part 4: Leven to Breyten and Bethal to Volksrust by Peter Micenko ©
Krugersdorp - Zeerust - Mafeking (home signal) (2)
Natalspruit to Vereeniging (3)
Natalspruit to Vereeniging Part 2
Natalspruit to Vereeniging – Part 1
Northwards to just short of the home signal at Pretoria by Les Pivnic ©
Part 21: Witbank line
Part 22 - Braamfontein
Part 24: KRUGERSDORP - ZEERUST - MAFEKING (Home Signal) (1)
Part 26 - Braamfontein West to Klerksdorp (home signal) (1)
Part 26 - Krugersdorp - Zeerust - Mafeking (3)
System 8: Eastern Transvaal
Part 1: Pretoria: including local services, workshops and running sheds - 1
Part 1: Pretoria: including local services, workshops and running sheds - 2
Part 2: Pretoria: local services, workshops and running sheds
System 8
System 9: South West Africa
SAR : Road Motor Services
SAR: Supplementary Departments and miscellany
Soul of A Railway
System 9
South West Africa, based in Windhoek
by Charlie Lewis & Les Pivnic ©
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