Cullinan double-header 12th February 2012

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Cullinan double-header 12th February 2012

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Photos and captions by Nathan Berelowitz
Nathan wrote:FOTR is extremely grateful to Rovos Rail for the use of their locomotive.
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First train for 2012. Class 24 of FOTR with class 19D of Rovos Rail stand alongside the Hermanstad platform. Passengers enjoy the sight and pose on the engines.
First train for 2012. Class 24 of FOTR with class 19D of Rovos Rail stand alongside the Hermanstad platform. Passengers enjoy the sight and pose on the engines.
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Gabor Kovacs sets the class 24's lubricator prior to departure.
Gabor Kovacs sets the class 24's lubricator prior to departure.
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Standing ready to get the departure signal. FOTR and Rovos Rail locomotives on the first train for the club during 2012 to Cullinan for Valentines Day.
Standing ready to get the departure signal. FOTR and Rovos Rail locomotives on the first train for the club during 2012 to Cullinan for Valentines Day.
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Cullinan has not had a double header since a steam safari some years back. Rovos Rail class 19D 3360 and FOTR class 14 3664 Joanna at Cullinan. FOTR is extremely grateful to Rovos Rail for the use of their locomotive.
Cullinan has not had a double header since a steam safari some years back. Rovos Rail class 19D 3360 and FOTR class 14 3664 Joanna at Cullinan. FOTR is extremely grateful to Rovos Rail for the use of their locomotive.
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Gabor Kovacs on the class 24 tender, taking water.
Gabor Kovacs on the class 24 tender, taking water.
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Gabor Kovacs and the water column.
Gabor Kovacs and the water column.
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Hot work on a steam locomotive. Gabor gets a wash.
Hot work on a steam locomotive. Gabor gets a wash.
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Peter Odell, an ex Beaconsfield driver, and his trainee, Jeff, chat to Gabor who is on the top of the 24 class tender.
Peter Odell, an ex Beaconsfield driver, and his trainee, Jeff, chat to Gabor who is on the top of the 24 class tender.
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Steam trains certainly have a wide appeal.
Steam trains certainly have a wide appeal.
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Viewed from the footplate of the class 24, the winding tower headgear for the diamond mine at Cullinan can be clearly seen in the background, as the double header lifts the load out Cullinan back to Pretoria.
Viewed from the footplate of the class 24, the winding tower headgear for the diamond mine at Cullinan can be clearly seen in the background, as the double header lifts the load out Cullinan back to Pretoria.
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Rayton station make a nice setting for this picture.
Rayton station make a nice setting for this picture.
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Panpoort ,Oh, Panpoort. Signal check and a lengthy wait for the Pilot working to accept the train.
Panpoort ,Oh, Panpoort. Signal check and a lengthy wait for the Pilot working to accept the train.
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Once the gateway to the Panpoort railway communities' houses, when that station was manned. Perhaps small children would stand here and watch the passing steam parade.
Once the gateway to the Panpoort railway communities' houses, when that station was manned. Perhaps small children would stand here and watch the passing steam parade.
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Re: Cullinan double-header 12th February 2012

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Henry Lazenby also recorded some video footage, where I was trainee driver on the lead locomotive, FotR's Class 24 - No 3664. To see video click these links, here

1st sequence - leaving Cullinan, on the southern side of the level crossing to the start of the "Cullinan cutting".

and here;

2nd sequence - leaving the "Cullinan cutting" and heading towards the old abattoir site.

and finally here;

Last sequence - negotiating the hourseshoe curve through Rayton, towards Rayton station.

Thanks goes to Henry for the video footage . . . . :)
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