White Train

[M. Hardy-Randall]

I came across this information on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Train#cite_note-0

Apparently the train arrived in South Africa in the 1930s'

Malcolm

[Tom Macrery]

Thanks. Had never heard it before.

[carldasnevesvieira]

the white train of the 1930s mentioned before included coach number 3 which is now in Namibia as a private coach. if I stand correct this coach was painted in white and served as accommodation for the Royal visitors to our country.

I assume that other coaches were taken from ordinary service to make up the train if I am not mistaken 219 "Protea" was used and is the only SAR dining car to have reached Benguela during this trip.

I hope this is of assistance.

Regards
Carlos

[terry browne]

I think there may be some stuff available at the UK's National Railway Museum "Search Engine" - but to research you really need to be there!

http://www.nrm.org.uk/ResearchAndArchive.aspx

I guess I'm the nearest? So when I go, I'll add it to my list.

[terry browne]

Just found this reference elsewhere on this forum - under the heading "Royal Train"

http://www.friendsoftherail.com/phpBB2/ ... 234&t=5282

[John Ashworth]

Thanks, Terry, for reminding us that there is a wealth of information on this forum but we're not always very good at looking it up in the search engine (top right, for those who don't know)!