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Railway History

  • South African Railways – the years of transition from steam
  • Restoring Kitchen Car 269: the Curious Tale of the Designer
  • Mostertshoek - One of South Africa's worst rail accidents
  • Pretoria Railway Station depicted on early Picture Postcards
  • The Mainline Railway Termini of London
  • Dr. Beeching, Hero or Villain?
  • Railway Archaeology in the Great Karoo: Dwyka - Antjieskraal - Ketting
  • The Railway that put the World on Track
  • Remembering, not forgetting: A visit to Sandstone Estates
  • One of the earliest and most important items of South African Railway History goes on sale
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
  • History of the SAR&H Magazine from 1905 to 1930
  • The railway line between Wolwehoek and Heilbron
  • Johannesburg as seen through the eyes of a young schoolboy in the late 1940s, early 1950s and later as a young married man in the early 1960s
  • The Free State's Forgotten Railway Line
  • The South African who gave the world the deep level underground railway
  • Brunel's Big Idea and the South African Connection
  • The Blaauwkrantz Bridge Disaster
  • Old Park Station - A heritage site of exceptional significance comes alive again!
  • Rapid Rail Revamp in South Africa

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From our Archive

  • The World Famous Engineer buried in Simon's Town
  • JC Munro - Pretoria's longest serving photographer during the turn of the 20th century
  • Harrow Road stonework in Houghton - The wall built by Barnett Lobel
  • Dundee's Fighting Postmaster
  • Why build a majestic villa here?
  • A remarkable Pretorian: Photographer Dotman Pretorius (1917-1999)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 3)
  • Remember the 26th of September: The Battle of Sandfontein
  • Old, New and Newest in Braamfontein
  • Circa has landed
  • Maggie Friedman - love, life and death with David Webster
  • A Brief History of Knysna from 1770 to 1890
  • Station Life in the Karoo in the Early 1900s
  • The History and Restoration of Boschendal
  • Meandering along the Sea Point Promenade

From the Directory

  • Graaff Reinet Heritage Society
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Joint Plans Committee West
  • Magaliesberg Association for Cultural Heritage (MACH)
  • Rob MIlne Talks and Tours
  • Muizenberg Heritage
  • Southern African Historical Society (SAHS)
  • David Manning Stained Glass
  • Parkview Residents Association (PRA)
  • Hout Bay and Llandudno Heritage Trust
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