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A freight train on the Ficksburg-Bethlehem line

July 26, 20131 min read

A freight train on the Ficksburg-Bethlehem line
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Many visitors to Sandstone have seen our railway and most of them have noticed the 3’6” railway line running through the Eastern Free State. We seldom see freight on this line but during the harvest season they start to appear.

Here is a fairly well supported consist of FZ’s being pulled by a somewhat untidy locomotive.

 

 

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