15CA on Komati passenger train-Panpoort

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Chris Janisch
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15CA on Komati passenger train-Panpoort

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David Rodgers continues to send us some excellent pics up to his usual high standard.
In 1975 on his second day in South Africa he went straight to Panpoort and got this shot of the morning Komatipoort pass turning it on at the foot of the 1 in 50 gradient.
Can we get 2850 back in service by next year?
Donors are needed!!!!
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Steve Appleton
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Re: 15CA on Komati passenger train-Panpoort

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Fabulous shot. Dave Rodgers certainly hits the shutter just right!
"To train or not to train, that is the question"
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Nathan Berelowitz
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Re: 15CA on Komati passenger train-Panpoort

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Very good and as I remember it. I fired this section quite a lot as a Witbank fireman on the LM and Komati passenger trains, and when at Capital Park.
I am sure CJanisch will post some of those pics here and we can see how the scene has been changed.
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