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Title: Men working on the engine of a train, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Infrastructure, Railroad trains
Description: Steam locomotive / Engineers carry out repairs to an engine in the Salt River workshops.
Identifier: islandora:16134

Title: Train passes under pedestrian bridge, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), circa 1929, Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Railroad trains
Description: The Old Sea Point Train: The old Sea Point train which used to run from Monument Station at the foot of Adderley Street along the Beach Front to the terminus near Queen's Road, is here seen passing under the bridge which took pedestrians to the old pavilion which was later demolished. Its tea room is seen on the left. The return fare from Cape Town to Sea Point on this train which was opened in September, 1892, was only 9d. This railway closed down on April 1929. The old Sea Point train which operated from September, 1892 until April, 1929.
Identifier: islandora:16140

Title: South African Railways Building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: The upper picture of a new SA Railways building on the foreshore, suggests how clean architectural lines and space can be used to ensure character and dignity for the Cape Town of the future. This photograph is from the "Cape Town - Your City" exhibition reviewed today
Identifier: islandora:16155

Title: Panic-stricken passenger jumps from moving train, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Railroad trains, Railroad accidents
Description: Escaping the danger ... A panic-stricken passenger, fearing for his safety, jumps from a moving train as it approaches Nonkqubela railway station, shortly after it sliced through a pile of burning tyres placed on the railway line. Witnesses said the screams of terrified passengers could be heard some distance from the train as it entered the pall of black smoke.
Identifier: islandora:17695

Title: Construction of the Cape Town railway station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Landscapes, Architecture
Description: Aerial view shows the progress on the new R13.9m. Cape Town Railway Station. Cape Town's new railway station takes shape: This aerial view shows how work is progressing on the new R13.9m. Cape Town railway station. Five main-line platforms will be brought into service towards the end of next year and the non-White main-line station building will be opened at the same time. The station as a whole will not be finished till 1965.The lettered structures in the picture are: A - The bridge which will link Eastern Boulevard with Hertzog Boulevard on the Foreshore. B - Part of the Culemborg goods yard offices. C - The signal cabin for the new station. D - The Pirow Street bridge. E - The parcels building, which has been in use since May 1. F - Canopies over some of the new main-line platforms. G - Canopies over suburban line platforms. H - The communications building. I - Parts of the deck. The striped area indicates the full extent to be decked. J - The existing station. K - The non-White main-line station building. L - The Castle. M - The New Drill Hall which, with other military buildings next to it, will disappear to make way for part of the traffic interchange linking with the Pirow Street bridge. N - The Sir Lowry Road market, now in process of demolition. Much of its site will be used for traffic interchanges serving the Eastern Boulevard and Pirow Street bridges.
Identifier: islandora:16170

Title: Cafeteria in the new train station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: New station canteen.
Identifier: islandora:16166

Title: The old Railway building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: The old Railway Institute building in Adderley Street as it was and as it is today. Soon it will be no more.
Identifier: islandora:16160

Title: Returning from the mines.
Subject: Pondo (African people), Ethnology--South Africa--Pondoland, Eastern Cape (South Africa)--Rural conditions, Young men--South Africa--Pondoland, Railroad trains--South Africa--Pondoland
Description: Returning from the mines. This photograph depicts the same subject as seen in: Reaction to conquest: effects of contact with Europeans on the Pondo of South Africa. London : H. Milford, Pub. for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures by the Oxford University Press, 1936. Plate VIIb.
Identifier: islandora:5399

Title: Railway station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: Railway station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16153

Title: The old South African Airway freight depot, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure
Description: One building - the old S.A. Airway freight depot - remains to be demolished out of the whole old station complex. When this building is removed, it will be possible for the Cape Town City Council to proceed with its planned widening of Adderley Street to a new boundary (marked by a dotted line) running behind the old building.
Identifier: islandora:16158

Title: People protest in a train station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Demonstration
Description: People protest in a train station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16156

Title: Muizenberg Station, Cape Town
Subject: Historic sites, Railroads, ,
Description: Muizenberg Station, about 1898. The photograph is from an album entitled A Souvenir Of A Pleasant Holiday, compiled by a great-aunt of Mrs Phyllis Leeson of Constantia.
Identifier: islandora:15394

Title: Observatory station master, Cape Town
Subject: Transport, Railroad stations, Railroad station managers, ,
Description: Proudest station master in the Peninsula today is probably Mr D. Airth. In yesterday's Argus a letter from a reader says: "In these times of grumbles and grouses and dissatisfaction in general, praise be to the Observatory station master for the beautiful garden he has created on railway property." But modest Mr Airth says the praise should go to the Railways horticulturist. "I only look after it," he said. Mr Airth, who is a keen gardener, finds soccer nights at Hartleyvale the bane of his life. "Clearing the garden of bottles and tins can be quite a business," he said.
Identifier: islandora:15571

Title: Overcrowding on trains force passengers to cling onto the outside of them, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Railroad trains
Description: Mitchell's Plain / The Peninsula train service is rotten - especially third-class former passengers claim - and many have given up trying to squeeze into coaches or perform death-defying feats by clinging to the outside of speeding trains. Many go to work by bus now. Although figures show the South African Transport Service is losing customers, a visit along the Bellville and Mitchell's Plain lines showed that people are still sandwiched into coaches.
Identifier: islandora:16157

Title: A steam locomotive makes its last trip before being decommissioned, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Railroad trains
Description: Shedman Mr Johan Kupke bids a fond farewell to loco number 2006, the engine that will bring the steam era to a close in the Cape Peninsula on Sunday when steam locos officially go out of service.
Identifier: islandora:16137

Title: Aerial view of Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Railroads, ,
Description: In the centre of the picture is the beginning of a new station for Mitchell's Plain. In the foreground are three-unit and four-unit dwellings nearing completion.
Identifier: islandora:15343

Title: The remains of a train accident, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure
Description: The remains of a train accident, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16142

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Labour, Development, Transport, Street-railroads
Description: Tramways being removed in Adderley Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17386

Title: Ticket inspector helps commuters with timetable, Cape Town
Subject: Railroads, Infrastructure, Railroad trains, ,
Description: Railways ticket inspector Mr Cornelius Jackson was on hand at the Mitchell's Plain station early today to help commuters with a timetable. The new rail service came into effect today.
Identifier: islandora:15353

Title: Mowbray train station, Cape Town
Subject: Trains, Railroads, Transport, ,
Description: Mowbray train station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15432

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