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That's what this article from Railways Africa suggests. http://www.untu.co.za/news/circulars/un ... a-reality/

Here are links to photos of Lincoln's loco and car in 1861, from "Trains" magnificent group of posts about Manhattaan. http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/08200/08257v.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g01000/3g01800/3g01832v.jpg Anyone interested in the "Trains&...

Here is Amazon's write up. The editorial review is very good. https://www.amazon.com/Railway-Nowhere- ... 9966709436

See the movie. See the Forth Bridge from track level.

http://youtu.be/MVo7uK3vlYw

It's 2017 and the arson continues. From "Railways Africa:" http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/cape ... re-torched

Les Pivnic and Charlie Lewis have a project, writing a book, "Soul of A Railway," "A photographic history of the South African Railways at the end of the steam era." to copy from Google. What I have read of its contents is extremely interesting. Here's a link: https://sites.googl...

From Railways Africa, facility to produce engines for Transnet Freight Rail locomotives.
http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/roll ... -cape-town

From "Railways Africa" August 19, "Union demands more security adter further crime on Central Line, Cape Town."
http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/unio ... rica&utm_c

From Railways Africa: due to an equipment shortage caused by last April's arson attacks in Capetown Metrorail has cancelled forty trips in the Western Cape this week. http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/metrorail-explains-this-weeks-media-reports-of-cancelled-trips-in-cape-town?utm_source=Railways+Af...

Here's a link to a story about the arson last April, on News 24.
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ ... s-20160410

From Railways Africa - http://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/metr ... river-shot

John Ashworth wrote:I drove this particular lorry myself back in the 1980s. The gear stick has a disconcerting tendency to come off in your hand.

Photos by John Ashworth September 2008

Thanks for the humor John, although I guess it's not funny when you are driving.

Those stories would make a good chapter in a book, perhaps one of Capstick's.

Here's a Youtube video on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms2VPpgjUCg