Photographs by Geoff Cooke :: Collections From 2007

Photographs by Geoff Cooke

2009

	Sat 19th Sep 2009 South Africa- Koedoespoort Works Visit The RSSA arranged a visit to the Transnet Koedoespoort Workshops to see the assembly line for the Class 39 Diesel Electic locomotives and the Class 6E upgrade. Other locomotives were seen in the yard.
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2007

	Sun 23rd Sep 2007 to Mon 24th Sep 2007 South Africa - Class 91 Diesel Electric to Patensie The 2 foot gauge railway from Port Elizabeth to Avontuur, including a branch to Patensie, is operated by Class 91 diesel electric locomotives. The Apple Express also runs on these metals using a number of steam locomotives. In September 2007 Apple Express ran a charter train for us from Humewood Road to Patensie and back. None of their steam locomotives was available, and so we used Class 91 # 91-007.
	Thu 20th Sep 2007 South Africa - The end of 15CA #2054 I found Class 15CA #2054 being cut up at Voorbaai Depot during a tour that I hosted for Ffestiniog Travel. A sad end for a fine locomotive. #2054 was built by the American Locomotive Co in 1926.
	Tue 17th Jul 2007 to Sat 28th Jul 2007 Zimbabwe 2007 A Geoff's Trains tour ran to Zimbabwe in July 2007. Charter steam trains ran around Bulawayo and to Victoria Falls. The tour will be repeated in May 2009. Find the itinerary at www.geoffs-trains.com
	Sun 15th Jul 2007 to Mon 16th Jul 2007 Botswana - BCL Mine - 2007 Our tour to Zimbabwe visited the BCL mine at Selebe Phikwe en route from South Africa.
	Sat 14th Jul 2007 to Sat 15th Sep 2007 South Africa - 2007 Friends of the Rail charters Friends of the Rail ran two charters in 2007 for Geoff's Trains. The first was to Rooival Power Station, the second to Cullinan