Introduction

A brief and somewhat iconoclastic overview of an era - now almost forgotten - when SAR helped lift South Africa from a colonial outpost to a fully-fledged first-world nation - by Les Pivnic and Charlie Lewis.  We ask you to respect our copyright and mention here that it is intended to use this series of articles as the basis for books. 

• Part 1

• Part 2

• David Charles Rodgers: an appreciation

• Robert Otto Koch: an appreciation

Publications

• The Railway to Adventure: The 2ft Gauge Railway from Port Elizabeth to Avontuur and Patensie (28 Sept. 2020) by Charlie Lewis and David Payling. [Buy]

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