1912 in South Africa
Events
- January
- February
- Unknown date
Deaths
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 7 February – Free State – Jammerdrif to Wepener, 4 miles 7 chains (6.6 kilometres).[3]
- 15 April – Transvaal – Buhrmannsdrif to Ottoshoop, 11 miles 70 chains (19.1 kilometres).[3]
- 1 May – Free State – Firham (Transvaal) to Vrede, 44 miles 69 chains (72.2 kilometres).[3]
- 20 May – Cape – Wolseley to Ceres, 10 miles 29 chains (16.7 kilometres).[3]
- 1 August – Cape – Malenge to Franklin, 24 miles 49 chains (39.6 kilometres).[3]
- 4 November – Transvaal – Zeerust to Ottoshoop, 18 miles 72 chains (30.4 kilometres).[3]
- 9 November – Transvaal – Newington to Tzaneen, 132 miles 21 chains (212.9 kilometres).[3]
- 2 December – Cape – Schoombee to Hofmeyr, 31 miles 3 chains (50.0 kilometres).[3]
- 2 December – Cape – Ottery to Dieprivier, 2 miles 50 chains (4.2 kilometres).[3]
- 16 December – Cape – Bergrivier to Vredenburg (Narrow gauge), 24 miles 48 chains (39.6 kilometres).[3]
- 20 December – Cape – Melk to Motkop, 10 miles 31 chains (16.7 kilometres).[3]
Locomotives
Five new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
Sports
Rugby
References
- ↑ The South African Railways - Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 25.
- ↑ Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912. (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 187, ref. no. 200954-13
- 1 2 3 Holland, D.F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways, Volume 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-5427-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
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