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Good Morning all!!! Please find the latest edition of the Atlantic Meyl attached! I look forward to your contributions. This is another joyous day for us as there is a trip to Fish Hoek later! I hope to see most of you there or at least during the coming month! Keep a look out for a special story th...

I REALLY don't understand how he can bring apartheid into all of this?

Also, Cape Town's water table is much to shallow to ever allow an underground system. There was some bull story a few years back about the line from Woodstock to Cape Town being buried to create something like 26 street blocks?

Monument station actually refers to the original station of the Cape Town to Sea Point railway line that was located very close to the statue of Jan van Riebeeck, which at the time of opening was almost on the shore line. The famous jetty at the bottom of Adderley street was only a short distance aw...

Good Morning all and Merry Christmas!!! Please find the latest edition of the Atlantic Meyl attached! I look forward to your contributions. After a steam filled month there is a lot to look back at. May the Signal master of all signal masters pull all the right signals for 2011 and may you only sail...

Baie dankie Hansie! Ek is bly julle het dit geniet :) It was a great weekend to be part of and I hope that there are LOADS more. I created a public Facebook photo album for those who are interested, here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=335305&id=718203625&l=34b4f15bf1 This weekend the...

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Did they (Transnet) even ask for forgiveness? Are you going to get double your YQ fees back? I'm sure you took the honoust thing and refunded the pax money or gave them a free trip.

That first picture is my favourite too. Unfortunately the only shovel available was the fireman's one. Later it was decided to just go and and clear the sand away with the locomotive, it worked!

Wonderfull weekend :)

Very interesting. Totally away from the railway and seeing as you seem to be knowledgeable about the situation: What role did the unions have to play in this matter? The miners might be smiling very broadly because they are earning a nice sum of money and that they can now probably care for their fa...

R1680 will get you from Cape Town to Johannesburg with the Premiere classe train (1600km, 26h, 5 course meals all incl).

That seems quite steep for just a hotel/motel room, do you get value for your money? I thought South Africa was expensive

Looks like an impressive operation, I just don't like that colour...

I don't know how long they will be able to operate as the fare looks quite stiff.
...............Nacionales......Internacionales
Clasic.......$85.000..........USD 168
Premium....$115.000........USD 226

Good Morning all!!! Please find the latest edition of the Atlantic Meyl attached! Looking forward to your contributions. Please take the time and fully read the excellent report on the Welsh Highland Railway by Greg Smith :) -- Goeie Môre almal! Vind asseblief die jongste uitgawe van FoAR se nuusbr...

Hallo Hansie and all, here is more information: The Santa Special For the children, Santa will be visiting with Atlantic Rail on 11 December and invites you to join him on one of his two Santa Specials. Santa will be handing out treats on board the train while it makes its way around Cape Town and s...

EXACTLY! It's like saying road will be self funding by 2015! Just imagine what the increase in tax-on-petrol levies and other licensing costs would be!

WHAT??? "self-funding by 2015" They must be totally mad! A public transport service can NEVER be self funding! Especially rail, not even the UK can get the service to be self funded, even when they are trying. The only way for it to be self funding is by increasing the ticket prices by lik...

I agree with you, Steve, there are about four relatively active Facebook groups at the moment about more or less the same subject, although some might cater more for the older, Afrikaans users, another for specifically steam and yet another, the new one for supposed SAR-trainspotters. Although all o...