The 150th anniversary of the first railways and the 10th anniversary of the Railroad Association 

SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED YO A CONTRIBUTOR, published by Chris Van Rensburg Publications, 2010, hardcover, large format illustrated, 340 pages, no dust jacket, condition: very good.

Contents
Introduction Before the railways Railways to the interior: Nuwekloof and the Hex River Pass into the Karoo Linking Cape lines from the coast Transvaal rails: the Rand tram and Witwatersrand Branch line development to Union Railways during the Anglo-Boer War and to Union Pre-Union locomotives and rolling stock Railway engineering and operating achievements: the first 50 years Unification of South Africas railways The first years of the SAR The Depression and war years Post war reconstruction Decade of the 1970s The end of state protection and railway commercialization Beyond 2010.