Plaque on Witpoortjie Station

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Derek Walker
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Plaque on Witpoortjie Station

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I found this quite by accident on Witpoortjie station.
English side of plaque
English side of plaque
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other piece
other piece
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Glad, in fact surprised to see the brass plaques are still there!!! A question quickly comes to mind; "For how much longer are these plaques still going to be there?"!

In the top picture, the bottom right hand corner already has signs that it has been tampered with in the past . . . . . , and the bottom picture, the morter has already been scrapped out between the two adjoining plaques . . . ?????????
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Re: Plaque on Witpoortjie Station

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The irony is that what I asked myself. They have been up since 1986 and to survive so long is amazing. The one thing in their favour may be that they are easily missed by anybody at the station, and with a lot of people using the station it may not be that easy to nick them. But then, anything is possible.
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Re: Plaque on Witpoortjie Station

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Where exactly is Witpoortjie?
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Re: Plaque on Witpoortjie Station

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On the line between Johannesburg and Krugersdorp, on the West Rand
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Post by Stefan Andrzejewski »

Thanx Adel. I thought it was De Aar area, but then mixing myself up with Witput.
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Excellent (and startling!) find.

Did other stations have similar plaques like this set?
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