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24 Inches Apart by Sydney Moir Cape Province Narrow Gauge South Africa Railways
24 Inches Apart by Sydney Moir
24 Inches Apart
Sydney Moir
Hard Cover with dust jacket
182 Pages
Copyright 1981
The stosry of the Narrow gauge railways of the Cape Province of South Africa
Contents
1. THE SHRINKING OF THE GAUGE 11
The meeting of 23rd May, 1873, that led to the abandonment of the 4 ft. 81/2 in. and the use of the 3 ft. 6 in. and the forming of the Cape Government Railways Department.
2. THE LONG EXPERIMENT 17
Arguments for and against the Avontuur Railway, and the operation during the pre-Humansdorp period.
3. THE AVONTUUR GETS TO WORK
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The unconventional methods adopted to raise traffic in the early days.
4. THE WALMER BRANCH. 33
The realisation of Mr. Mackay's suggestion for suburban traffic.
5. THE HOPEFIELD RAILWAY. 37
The beginning of the Hopefield Railway, and its rolling-stock.
6. STEAM, STEEL AND E. S. D.
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Locomotives and rolling stock on the Avontuur and the Hopefield, together with something on the Van Staden's bridge.
7. FROM UNION TO ARMISTICE. 56
Carrying the story of the locomotives of the narrow-gauge on between
Union in 1910 and the end of World War I.
8. RAILS IN THE HANKEY VALLEY
65
Delayed for more than ten years, the Patentie Branch finally took shape.
9. THE HOPEFIELD LINE GROWS UP 69
Extension to Saldanha Bay, a change of name, and a change of gauge.
10. THE END OF THE WALMER BRANCH 77
The later years of the Walmer Branch and its replacement by the buses
of the Administration.
11. THE GARRATTS ARRIVE 80
Articulated engines on the narrow-gaugethe Garratts come to the Avontuur.
12. TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENTS. 90
Stone for harbour construction and limestone for the kilns of the E.P.C.C.
13. PETROL IN THE LANG KLOOF 98
The holiday-makers were to have benefited by this experiment with railcars.
14. NEW RAILSNEW ROUTES 107
Repair and replacement on the Avontuur Branch.
15. "ENGINE DERAILED". 110
Putting her back on the rails, with a digression onto the matter of train control.
16. THE LATER YEARS 119
The Avontuur up till now.
17. THE CAPE ORPHAN. 126
Two-foot-six at Walvis Bay.
18. AMONG THE KNYSNA GIANTS 153
Privately-owned but Government-sponsored, the two-foot ran into the Knysna forest.
19. THE LATE-COMERS 157
The branch from Fort Beaufort to Seymour, and between Upington
and Kakamas.
20. APPENDICES AND INDEX 167
This is the interesting story of a group of two-foot gauge railways which helped to open up the southwest tip of Africa. Some grew up to become broad-gauge lines; the long t, the Avontuur, is still in full commercial operation as a narrow-gauge railway, with the magnificent 2-8-2 Class 15 haul - ing heavy trains over 177 miles of heavily graded route.
Mr. Moir has provided a stir ring narrative which combines information on the sources of traffic and methods of operation with accurate technical inform - ation, and the 79 maps and drawings complete the most carefully documented history that enthusiast or layman could desire.
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