railway

Four men arrested before trying to sell 303kg of stolen railway cables

9 January 2020 by Alan

Cape Town in the news: Four men arrested before trying to sell 303kg of stolen railway cables: Four men have been arrested in Lansdowne, Cape Town, on Thursday morning after being found in possession of 303 kilogrammes of railway cables worth R83,000, police said. Members of the Lansdowne …: “Cape Town” – BingNews Buttler fined …

Cape Town Lens: Serviceton. In the railway station museum a great map of the Victorian and southern New South Wales railway network.

27 November 2019 by Alan

A Cape Town District Six Museum tagged image from photographer – denisbin as published on Flickr. Serviceton. In the railway station museum a great map of the Victorian and southern New South Wales railway network. Image by denisbin Serviceton. Planning for the first intercolonial railway line in Australia began in the early 1870s when SA …

Cape Town Lens: Gympie. The Mary Valley Rattler train in Gympie railway station.

9 November 2019 by Alan

A Cape Town District Six Museum tagged image from photographer – denisbin as published on Flickr. Gympie. The Mary Valley Rattler train in Gympie railway station. Image by denisbin Gympie and its goldfields. When Queensland was separated from NSW in 1859 it was a colony with a small population and a very sparsely distributed population, …

Cape Town Lens: Weethalle. The old railway station now a small cafe. Behind is the fine town hotel. The railway reached here in 1923. Town established 1921 for soldier settlers from WW1.

6 October 2019 by Alan

A Cape Town District Six Museum tagged image from photographer – denisbin as published on Flickr. Weethalle. The old railway station now a small cafe. Behind is the fine town hotel. The railway reached here in 1923. Town established 1921 for soldier settlers from WW1. Image by denisbin A brief history of railways in New …