Dutton roadrail with open wagons and heavy roller.
Naboomspruit, 1924. Laying narrow gauge track for roadrail line to Singlewood.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Narrow gauge track for roadrail line to Singlewood.
Meccano model of Dutton roadrail tractor.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Roadrail train with passengers.
Meccano model of Dutton roadrail tractor.
Meccano model of Dutton roadrail tractor.
Naboomspruit, 1924. Laying narrow gauge track for roadrail line to Singlewood.
Frank Dutton with Meccano model of roadrail tractor.
Meccano model of Dutton roadrail tractor.
Meccano model of Dutton roadrail tractor.
Frank Dutton with Meccano model of roadrail tractor.
Dutton roadrail tractor No RR1155 with passenger train.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Dignitaries with Dutton roadrail tractor No RR1155. at the opening of the line to Singlewood. Left to right: unknown, Hoffe, Dutton, Malan, Duff.
Naboomspruit district, 1925. Dutton roadrail tractor No RR1155 smashing bottle of champagne at opening of the Singlewood line.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Dutton roadrail tractor No RR1155 at the opening of the line at Singlewood.
Naboomspruit district, 1925. Minister Malan waving flag at opening of roadrail line at Singlewood during the official opening.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Offloading bags from Dutton road-rail goods train at railway station.
SAR type 8-E-2 goods wagons alongside inspanned oxen.
Goods wagons alongside inspanned oxen.
Concrete arch bridge.
Dutton roadrail with open goods wagons and heavy roller.
Flooded foreground with train in the distance.
Dutton roadrail tractor.
Dutton roadrail tractor with goods trucks.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Dutton roadrail tractor with goods trucks with water alongside the line to Singlewood.
Dutton roadrail tractor with SAR open goods wagons Type 8-E-2.
SAR type 8-E-2 narrow gauge wagons being loaded.
Low bridge with construction crew.
Low bridge with construction crew and floodwater.
Naboomspruit, 1925. View from cab of Dutton roadrail tractor of the narrow gauge line to Singlewood.
Naboomspruit, 1925. View down 2 ft gauge track to Singlewood.
Dutton roadrail tractor No RR973 with loaded flat bed goods wagon.
Dutton roadrail tractor RR1155 with SAR tank wagon Type 4-T-2 and SAR 'Garden Bench' passenger wagon ex CSAR No 40.
Construction camp tent.
Construction camp alongside railway track.
Naboomspruit district, 1925. SAR FWD roadrail railcar with Dutton's patent sign above the radiator on the Singlewood line. FWD = Four Wheel Drive Auto Company.
Work party working alongside railway track.
Naboomspruit district, 1924. SAR Dutton roadrail tractor hauling construction train with track panels.
Goods wagons on narrow gauge tracks.
Goods wagons on narrow gauge tracks.
Notice of the official opening of the Naboomspruit to Ceres Halt line.
Dutton roadrail tractor with goods trucks.
Dutton roadrail tractor with goods trucks.
Dutton roadrail tractor No RR1155 with goods trucks.
Dutton roadrail tractor with goods wagons.
SAR Dutton roadrail tractor No RR1155.
Changing wheels of Dutton roadrail tractor.
SAR roadrail motor coach.
Opening ceremony of the Naboomspruit - Ceres Halt line. Dutton roadrail tractor No RR973.
Dutton roadrail tractor with goods wagons.
Dutton roadrail tractor No RR973 with passengers with SAR water wagon Type 4-T-1.
Two Dutton roadrail tractors No RR973 in front followed by No RR1151 with goods train.
Naboomspruit, 1925. Minister Charlie Malan fixing the last bolt on the Singlewood roadrail line during the official opening.
SAR type 8-E-2 No 28 goods wagons loaded with bags.
SAR Dutton roadrail tractor with ballast train.
Naboomspruit, 1924. Dutton roadrail tractor on low-level bridge over the Nyl River.
Dutton Road-rail tractor with ballast train.
Dutton Road-rail RR1155 tractor with goods wagons.
SAR Dutton road-rail tractor No RR1155.
SAR Dutton road-rail tractor No RR1155.
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. SAR Dutton road-rail tractor No RR973.
Cape Town. A Wallis & Steevens 3-ton steam tractor converted to run on a single rail presumably for steering purposes. Part of the little-known Vasco monorail which used a combination of monorail and road-rail. It was apparently built in the then open land bordering Bellville and used for domestic waste disposal.
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. SAR Dutton road-rail tractor No RR973. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Ballasting the road-rail track with gravel. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. The roadrail track at the beginning of the causeway over the Nyl River. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Building embankment of causeway. Road-rail track. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Ballast siding. Road-rail track. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Duff's tent camp with goods wagon on road-rail line, circa 1924. Alexander Duff was a SAR Works Inspector in charge of construction. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Leadout from the Naboomspruit station. Road-rail line. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Dutton road-rail tractor taking water from the Nyl waterway. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Road-rail line. Tracklaying gang coupling up track sections. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit district, circa 1924. Loose gravel spread on track to show the tracks of the Dutton road-rail tractor. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit. Dutton road-rail tractor No RR973. Singlewood road-rail line, circa 1924. Convertible tractor lifted off bogie. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit. Dutton road-rail tractor No RR1155 on the Singlewood road-rail line, circa 1924. New reversible tractor built in Johannesburg. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Naboomspruit. Dutton road-rail tractor No RR973 on the Singlewood line, circa 1924. Convertible tractor hauling road trailer. (Album on Naboomspruit - Singlewood construction)
Dutton roadrail tractor hauling train with standing passengers.
After the discontinuation of the Stronach-Dutton roadrail at Naboomspruit, a 4 mile 2'-0" line was built on the Windy Hill Wattle Estate in Natal from Wartburg to Sandymount on the Bruyn branch. Here a roadrail tractor is shown hauling wattle bark logs on railway wagons.
