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Railway History

  • Streaks of Rust Across the Veld - The Demise of the Branch Lines
  • A New Era Dawns - The first fifteen years of the South African Railways (SAR)
  • Railways from War's End to Union (1902-1910)
  • Railways at War
  • Race to the Rand
  • Cape Gauge - From Ox-wagon to Iron Horse
  • Johannesburg Underground - A Lost Opportunity
  • What was Bloemfontein like in 1906?
  • A Lengthy Railway Journey in 1889
  • South Africa's World Record Breaking Train!
  • Station Life in the Karoo in the Early 1900s

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From our Archive

  • Keeping Gandhi out of the Heidelberg Gaol
  • In the wreck of the Haerlem
  • The South African baboon that became a war hero
  • The Tragic Fate of the Great Ship Sao Joao
  • John Scott Tucker - Ineffective Official who Abolished his own Post
  • The Grange - The story of a famous farm in Griqualand West
  • Rand Club - A Grand Past with an Uncertain Future
  • Is it heritage? Graffiti wall art and Pinki’s Inn, Jeppestown
  • Africa's first Wikipedia City
  • The Pretoria Station Swastika Debate
  • The Laurels - A Piece of Mooi River History
  • Secrets of the Brown Family Plot in Brixton Cemetery
  • Voss Bells in Eden
  • Old clock returns home (in 1978) after 80 years
  • The Poswohl Synagogue - A Memorial to a Community that No Longer Exists

From the Directory

  • Dr Anna Trapido - Indigenous and Heritage Food Specialist
  • Pam McLaren - Female Ancestry British Kaffaria & Natal
  • Wynberg Residents and Ratepayers Association (WRRA)
  • Cape Institute for Architecture
  • George Heritage Trust
  • Hartbeespoort Environment and Heritage Association (HEHA)
  • Jeremy Hazell Universal Access Consultant
  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • Digital Rail Images of South Africa (DRISA)
  • Association for Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA)
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