Electric Meets Diesel

[Stefan Andrzejewski]

Coming off the N1 at Century City this morning I saw Shoz Sitter to Joburg approaching with two 6E1's. Both in SAR livery,the leader still had her loco plate on. When I started shooting I then only noticed doubleheaded 36's going towards Cape Town. The building in the second photo is is Winderemere control. This building controls trains from Cape Town through to Lainsburg.

[Craig Duckham]

Did you notice that you got the new livery?

[Stefan Andrzejewski]

Yes the shoz meyl coaches not the 6E1's.

[Jez Smith]

Smashing pics Stefan! I still wish the old SAR livery was kept - there was no better livery for a diesel or electric loco.

[Derek Walker]

Is that odd purple, turquoise, yellow a new passenger coach livery? what was it before? (after the old SAR livery that is)

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[Jez Smith]

Derek, the picture you have supplied, is the first Shosh Meyl livery - Stefan's pics portray the new predominantly purple coach livery designed to complement TFRs Shosh liveried 18Es.

[Nathan Berelowitz]

Always fascinating to see new colours and the nightmare and expense of painting and repairing them! Wonder which railway system has the most colourfull passenger stock in the world?

[Derek Walker]

Could we then call them Purple People Purveyors?

[John Ashworth]

Nathan, Britain must be in the running for the most colourful passenger stock, with so many different train operating companies and some quite bizarre colour schemes.

[Stefan Andrzejewski]

A Closer look at the new Livery

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

First pic - a nice pic Stefan!

[Luca Lategan]

I still don't see the point in name and colour changes.

I wen't to Eersterivier cabin in the Cape during March, I was welcomed by a SAS-SAR (cross) doormat, the register is kept in Spoornet books, the rules in Metrorail files and folders the workers all had new PRASA branded lunchboxes. Of course there was also other SATS-clocks and parefinalia, TFR trainworking forms, SARCC posters etc. and this is just the list that I can still remember!

What in the world was wrong with Suid-Afrikaanse Spoorweë & Hawens with grey and red livery and black steam locomotives with white trimmings?

[Jez Smith]

Luca - I quite agree. Nice red and yellow Diesels and Electrics would make me happy too - not forgetting those lovely stripey-fronted metro sets!
We used to have a sense of uniformity in the UK in the 1970s and early 1980s, but sectorisation killed all that, and turned the UK rails into a 'Rainbow Nation'!!