FOTR Open Day and Tshwane Xplorer August 2011

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FOTR Open Day and Tshwane Xplorer August 2011

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Photos and captions by Nathan Berelowitz, 28th August 2011
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Beautiful transport modes. A Rolls Royce of road and one of rail.
Beautiful transport modes. A Rolls Royce of road and one of rail.
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More trains and cars at the Hermanstad site Tshwane Open Day
More trains and cars at the Hermanstad site Tshwane Open Day
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Class 24 number 3664 JoAnna has a short stop at Rissik station. The Gautrain Hatfield terminal is at this point and their formation can be seen on the top right. Michiel Boshoff, with black cap, the TFR college lecturer, stands admiring the steamy side of things.
Class 24 number 3664 JoAnna has a short stop at Rissik station. The Gautrain Hatfield terminal is at this point and their formation can be seen on the top right. Michiel Boshoff, with black cap, the TFR college lecturer, stands admiring the steamy side of things.
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Jo Anna stands at Rissik station for on a Tshwane trip, for a short passenger smoke break. The vantage point for the photo is from a newly built GAUTRAIN staircase, leading to their line on the right hand side. There is a locked gate of course!
Jo Anna stands at Rissik station for on a Tshwane trip, for a short passenger smoke break. The vantage point for the photo is from a newly built GAUTRAIN staircase, leading to their line on the right hand side. There is a locked gate of course!
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Trainee Driver and TFR Pilot on the front! Ta Raaa!
Trainee Driver and TFR Pilot on the front! Ta Raaa!
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Heading towards Pretoria at Loftus Verseveld Station, the GAUTRAIN can be seen in the background negotiating the curve just behind their concrete walling.
Heading towards Pretoria at Loftus Verseveld Station, the GAUTRAIN can be seen in the background negotiating the curve just behind their concrete walling.
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While standing at a red signal on the approaches to Pretoria station, the Gautrain came whizzing past towards Hatfield.
While standing at a red signal on the approaches to Pretoria station, the Gautrain came whizzing past towards Hatfield.
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Gautrain making tracks just out of Pretoria heading towards Hatfield, whilst the FOTR steam hauled Tshwane Explorer waits for a signal
Gautrain making tracks just out of Pretoria heading towards Hatfield, whilst the FOTR steam hauled Tshwane Explorer waits for a signal
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Metro PRASA commuter services motor coach sets with their revamped faces, stand waiting for departure at Pretoria station.
Metro PRASA commuter services motor coach sets with their revamped faces, stand waiting for departure at Pretoria station.
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Back home. The passengers have left and the loco waits to shunt the load back into the loop at the site, before haeding back to Capital Park, and the next train.
Back home. The passengers have left and the loco waits to shunt the load back into the loop at the site, before haeding back to Capital Park, and the next train.
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Lovely pics, that Rissik Station is nice, it has a real old time feel about it. FotR's train doesnt look out of place there at all.
Not quite on the rails.
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Yes, Derek. Except that the newly-installed high-level, stepless platform is a few centimeters too high in places. The bottoms of a few of the outward swinging doors of the old FOTR coaches would not clear the platform ledge and had to remain closed! Great for Metrorail's sliding doors, not so great for FOTR!
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