Sun City Express?

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Barend Botha
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Sun City Express?

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I saw a picture of a post card or stamp a while back on eBay that had a colour drawing on it with a EMD diesel locomotive in a red and yellow livery. The words read something like "The Sun City Express. Getting to Sun City is now even more fun!". And the Sun City logo was also printed on the drawing.

Does anybody have information regarding this train service, times it ran, what year/s, picture etc?
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Dylan Knott
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Yes, it ran in the early 90's I think. Class 37 diesel (37-044) and a dedicated set of coaches. Some of the coaches are at Culemborg and others were converted into current Premiere class stock.
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I have the first day cover issued for this train and I will find it and look inside to see if there is any timings etc. It went to a small halt with platform near to Sun City where everyone was off loaded and bussed to the centre. The diesels were based at Capital Park.
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Thanks for the info guys. I have managed to locate the picture I refer to in the closed listings.
My wording was not totally correct but close... Anybody got real photos?
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Chris Janisch
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I did get a shot of this train between Irene and Verwoerdburg(as it was known then) whilst waiting for a 15F on a Cullinan special from Joburg- 1988 I think. It is a slide so when I can find it I will get it scanned.
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Gee, remember when postage was 16c! what happened to the monorail they had at Sun City? is it still there?
Not quite on the rails.
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