FondsZA 0375 - THL Image Collection
SeriesBF - BF Collection
File100 - BF Collection File 100
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ItemBF100_03 - Bogie for train wagon.
ItemBF100_04 - Bogie 'Spoorbarber C5' for train wagon.
ItemBF100_05 - Two electrical locomotives with 'Drakensberg' on concrete arch bridge.
ItemBF100_06 - Humansdorp district. SAR Class 91-000 No 91-014 with goods train on Van Stadens River bridge.
ItemBF100_07 - Westonaria, 1978. In preparation for a high speed commuter service between Johannesburg and Pretoria, SAR Class 6E1 No 1525, under the direction of Dr Herbert Scheffel, was specially modified and achieved a speed of 245 km/h between Westonaria and Midway on 31 October 1978, achieving a world record for 1067mm gauge rail travel. With speed fairing.
ItemBF100_08 - Westonaria, 1978. In preparation for a high speed commuter service between Johannesburg and Pretoria, SAR Class 6E1 No 1525, under the direction of Dr Herbert Scheffel, was specially modified and achieved a speed of 245 km/h between Westonaria and Midway on 31 October 1978, achieving a world record for 1067mm gauge rail travel. With speed fairing.
ItemCA_13489 - Balfour district, 1974. Drakensberg passenger train on concrete arch bridge.
ItemCA_17029 - Drakensberg, October 1976. Horseman crossing concrete bridge over stream near Cathedral Peak. [D Dannhauser]
ItemCB_011_027_5 - Westonaria, 1978. In preparation for a high speed commuter service between Johannesburg and Pretoria, SAR Class 6E1 No 1525, under the direction of Dr Herbert Scheffel, was specially modified and achieved a speed of 245 km/h between Westonaria and Midway on 31 October 1978, achieving a world record for 1067mm gauge rail travel. With speed fairing.
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Westonaria, 1978. In preparation for a high speed commuter service between Johannesburg and Pretoria, SAR Class 6E1 No 1525, under the direction of Dr Herbert Scheffel, was specially modified and achieved a speed of 245 km/h between Westonaria and Midway on 31 October 1978, achieving a world record for 1067mm gauge rail travel. With speed fairing.