Blue Train Week! 26th till the 29th of March 2024! in Kimberley (South Africa)
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2024
- On this video you'll get to see that I got to spot The Blue Train on the 26th and the 29th of March 2024...it was a lucky week for me!
On the second video I managed to chase it up until MacFarlane,
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In 1991, I travelled in this train from Pretoria to Cape Town. When my travel agent in Melbourne was booking the trip, I discovered that Car 10 had two single berths, each with a bathtub. I just had to book one. And, somewhere along the line, before dinner, i had my first (and so far only) real bath on a train. Our stop at Kimberley to change locos was well into the evening, not during the day, as here.
Our Blue Train didn't have the observation car, which looks marvellous. It obviously has to be turned at each terminus, as the rest of the train is never turned in order to keep the corridor on the western, sunny and potentially hotter, side of the consist.
Not having been to South Africa since 1992, I'm very disappointed to have read that the "steel kyalami" has been single-tracked. I have fond memories of chasing 25NCs along that line, and taking photos at Krankuil, Witput, Orange River.
Thank you for reviving all these memories.
@@brucewilliams8714 Wow! Thank you for sharing your story with us 🙏🏿❤️
It's a pleasure 🇿🇦🙏🏿
Love the observation deck on the back -- all the better to see the litter that seems everywhere in South Africa. Kinda cool how South Africa puts that out for all the world to see.
Wow , I always enjoy your videos . Kind of remind me when I was still youn g and would travell with my grandparents during the school holidays
Hello friend. Awesome video and very nice locations. Like your videos and subscribed. Big train enthusiast greetings from Germany !!!
Hello my friend, nice to meet you! Thanks for checking in! Hope to you see you more often in the comments! 🙏🏿🇿🇦
Thanks I enjoy the, swapping of theocos class 34s still running strong after so many years
Still strong at the same time giving in....
Our stations are very untidy. This during a time when politicians keep on promising jobs. To the unemployed😡
Nice work,I enjoyed the swapping of locomotives between the 20Es and 34GMs, but I honestly can't wait until the cable situation is sorted at Germiston so that the 20Es can travel all the way to Pretoria again.
Thanks bro! So that issue will be resolved soon? I can't wait! This means the Rovos electrics will get to travel from there right through
@EverythingTrains95 I think they are working on it now, yeah. I'm really tired of seeing diesels on the Blue train. The 5Es are already able to run under their own power in most parts of Pretoria again. Just the Germiston/Union area where things get a bit tricky
@@marval44039 okay that's good to hear! Let's see what happens later this year! 🙏🏿
Does the line between Kimberley and De Aar live up to its name as the 'Steel Kyalami'?
I'm not sure...
Are there still useable rail lines in SA?
Yes sir!
What a site to see how Kimberley station looks .Wow i would be very shamefull to take any videos or fotos from a site like that . What a shame to let the world see what transnet looks like . 👎👎👎🙈🙈🙈🤭🤭🤭What a disgrace .
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@@EverythingTrains95 Eish you must be very proud.Good luck