1947. Royal family, FC Sturrock and dignitaries on station platform.
Alicedale, 28 February 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train at Alicedale Station.
Bethlehem, 10 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train in Bethlehem station.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal party leaving decorated railway station.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Royal party leaving railway station.
Cape Town, 17 February 1947. Royal cavalcade in Adderley Street passing the old station.
Cape Town, 21 February 1947. Old station in Adderley Street floodlit with decorative lights for duration of Royal Tour.
Cape Town, 21 February 1947. Old station in Adderley Street floodlit with decorative lights for duration of Royal Tour.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family beside the White Train at King's Park Station. The Lion Match Factory building in background
East London, 1 March 1947. Royal Train arrives at East Cambridge Station. SAR constables at attention.
East London, 3 March 1947. Group of men before the CGR station building, built in 1880.
Estcourt, 17 March 1947. Estcourt station with rockery in foreground.
Frere, 17 March 1947. Railways constables and small group awaiting arrival of the Royal family at the station.
Graaff-Reinet, 25 February 1947. Royal family leaving the station in open Daimler.
Graaff-Reinet, 25 February 1947. Royal family at station.
Hartley, Rhodesia 10 April 1947. Royal Train at station. RR Class 15 No 273 and 274.
Hartley, Rhodesia, 10 April 1947. Royal Train with RR Class 15 No 272 at station with crowd on platform.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Park Station showing the Gordon Leith sculpture and frieze.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Park Station showing the Gordon Leith sculpture and frieze.
Kroonstad, 10 March 1947. SAR Class 15F 3040 enters Kroonstad station with the Pilot Train. Also visible in the yard are white-boxed car carriers for the Royal Daimlers and the four locomotives which will work the trains on the next section. These are (left to right) SAR Class 15AR No 1568 and No 2098 for the Pilot Train and SAR Class 15AR No 1844 and SAR Class 15A No 1849 for the Royal Train.
Ladysmith, 13 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train in Ladysmith station. Natal Government Railways Institute Building and main station building in foreground.
Ladysmith, 13 March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train in station. Railway Institute building from NGR days and main station building in foreground.
Mafeking, 17 April 1947. Royal Train arriving at station, hauled by two RR Class 12's, No 243 in the lead.
Maidstone, 20 March 1947. Railway station.
Maseru, Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Royal cars at railway station.
Maseru, Basutoland, 11 March 1947. Staging point for the Royal Train at railway station.
Maseru, Basutoland, 12 March 1947. Station garden.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Parade with horses at railway station.
Pietermaritzburg, 18 March 1947. Railway station.
Port Elizabeth, 26 February 1947. Station building illuminated for the Royal tour.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Motorcade leaving the station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Prime Minister JC Smuts, King George VI and entourage walking on platform past locomotive SAR Class 15CA No 2840.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Railway station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Railway station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Railway station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Railway station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Statue of Paul Kruger outside the station
Queenstown, 6 March 1947. SAR Class 15AR's leading the Royal Train into station, SAR Class 15AR banking.
Rhodesia, April 1947. Two pipers saluting the Royal Train on station platform.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. SAR Class GL Garratt No 2352 working the Royal Train.
Wankie, Southern Rhodesia, 14 April 1947. The Royal Train at decorated railway station.
Worcester, 22 February 1947. Royal Train train pulling into station alongside Pilot train, SAR Class F No 3030 leading.
