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    The Avontuur Railway is a closed railway line between Gqeberha and the town of Avontuur in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It...
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    locomotives in service on its narrow-gauge Avontuur Railway between Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape and Avontuur in the Western Cape. Some of them later...
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    100 km, all gone. Free_State: 26 km private. Port Elizabeth–Avontuur / Patensie The Avontuur Railway was built from 1890 to 1905, and is 285 kilometres (177 mi)...
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    uncertain. The river from which the town takes its name was known in 1778. Avontuur Railway Langkloof Water Services National Information System - Community Report...
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  • species (Tauraco corythaix) occurring here. Loerie had a railway station on the Avontuur Railway which closed in 2011. In 1930, the Eastern Province Cement...
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    It was introduced on the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge Avontuur Railway of the South African Railways in 1973. Russian trains are rarely longer than about...
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    South African Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1937)
    Garratt articulated 2-6-2+2-6-2 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines. The success of the Class NG G13...
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    narrow-gauge line from Port Elizabeth to Avontuur. As a result of heavy traffic demands on the Otavi Railway in South West Africa (SWA), three additional...
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  • Sandstone Estates (category Railway museums in South Africa)
    convoys of military vehicles. Alfred County Railway Avontuur Railway Welsh Highland Railway Two foot gauge railways in South Africa "The Sandstone Steam Railroad...
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  • southern terminus of the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway, which at 285 kilometres (177 mi) is the longest 2 ft gauge railway in the world. The Humewood Road-Humansdorp...
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    railways in South Africa Avontuur Railway Cape Government Railways Cape gauge Flying Dutchman Funicular Kei Rail Metrorail Natal Government Railways Netherlands-South...
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    of the country's existing rail network. The Avontuur Railway operated between Port Elizabeth and Avontuur in South Africa. It was the longest 610 mm (2 ft)...
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    extreme of the Eastern Cape. The town has a station on the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway. "Main Place Joubertina". Census 2011. "Dictionary of Southern African...
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    600 mm gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauges of 2 ft (610 mm) and 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in), respectively. Railways with similar,...
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    the production of railway sleepers. Also a connection to Avontuur, the terminus of the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge Avontuur Railway to Port Elizabeth was...
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  • River Railway Bridge Second highest railway bridge in Africa when inaugurated Deck height : 77 m (253 ft) 197 m (646 ft) Truss Steel Avontuur Railway Van...
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    is located on the junction of the R330 and the R331 roads and the Avontuur Railway passes through the town. Saartjie Baartman "Main Place Hankey". Census...
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  • become the Class NG15 Apple Express Kalaharis on the narrow gauge Avontuur Railway. 19 December – The South African Springboks beat Ireland 8–3 in Ireland...
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  • first of six narrow gauge 4-6-0 steam locomotives enter service on the Avontuur Railway. They will later be designated Class NG9 by the SAR. Cape gauge Five...
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  • 91-000 GE type UM6B narrow gauge diesel-electric locomotives on the Avontuur Railway. Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa:...
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    Avontuur Railway Sandstone Estates Welsh Highland Railway South African Class 91-000 Two foot gauge railways in South Africa "South African Railways Class...
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  • closed or dismantled railway lines in South Africa since 1910. The list is primarily intended to document South African Railways (government) or private...
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    seven locomotives, numbers NG77 to NG83, initially all went to the Avontuur Railway in the Langkloof where most of them remained for their entire service...
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    suicide location. Just upstream of the N2 bridge, the 60 cm (2 ft) gauge Avontuur Railway crosses the Van Stadens River over a 78 m (255 ft) high bridge. The...
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  • George and Oudtshoorn. The Apple Express narrow-gauge tourist train to Avontuur operates from the separate station in Humewood Road near King's Beach....
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    CGR NG 0-4-0T (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1903)
    decade before construction work began on either the Hopefield or Avontuur narrow-gauge railway lines. Neither the original owner of the engine nor its actual...
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    South African Class NG10 4-6-2 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1916)
    Uitenhage workshops and placed in service on the Avontuur Railway between Port Elizabeth and Avontuur in the Langkloof, where they spent most of their...
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    South African Class NG5 2-8-2 (category 600 mm gauge railway locomotives)
    in SWA, except for a brief period when one of them was sent to the Avontuur Railway in the Eastern Cape for trials. However, since it jammed on the tighter...
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  • with the N9 road near Uniondale. The Avontuur narrow-gauge railway follows the same route Port Elizabeth to Avontuur. Andrew Geddes Bain Baviaanskloof River...
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    South African Class NG9 4-6-0 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1915)
    in service on the Walmer branchline of the Langkloof railway between Port Elizabeth and Avontuur. They all remained in service there until 1929, although...
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