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I hopped a couple of South African freight trains and discovered that all things are not equal on Transnet’s tracks.
6.30am, Voorbaai rail yard DAN Pienaar, driver of 1174, the weekday freight from Mossel Bay to Worcester, is champing at the bit. It’s going to be hot and, with a pair of ailing 46-year-old diesels up front, who knows what trials the day may bring. Read More…
A fitter arrives for the day's work at the loco shed in Wolsztyn, Poland
Just back from Poland. Got sweaty, dirty and a bit overheated. Read More…
It’s no surprise that the city of Mossel Bay is unhappy about Transnet’s decision to pull the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe tourist train off the rails. After all, 115 000 passengers a year means a lot of tourist spending in the town as well. Read More…
Transnet has finally pulled the plug on the struggling Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe tourist train, bringing the curtain down on the country’s last scheduled – when it ran – steam-hauled passenger train. Read More…
Transnet has issued a vigorous response to a statement from the Passenger Rail Agency of SA which claimed that Transnet was falling short on its obligations to the passenger train operator. Read More…
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa gave Transnet a full broadside this morning in a statement in which it accuses Transnet of, among other things, failing ro carry out maintenance work on its locomotives and coaches as agreed in the contract between them. Read More…
This is a transcript of the interview between Transnet acting CEO Chris Wells and Business Times on the railway company’s decision to concession some 7 000km of branch lines to private operators.
BUSINESS TIMES: Let’s get right to it. This move to concession the branch lines is revolutionary. How did it come about? Read More…
The UK High Court has outlawed the imminent strikes planned by BA’s cabin crew union. Read More…
So, angry Transnet strikers threw rocks at some locomotives and burned others in Durban yesterday. Talk about throttling your golden goose. Read More…
Trying to make rail tourism really work in this country is not a job any sane person would want, surely? Certainly not when years of begging letters, meetings, deputations and entreaties are reduced to nothing but dust when an irreplaceable piece of rail history and once-viable tourism asset is turned into scrap? Read More…
