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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1924 in South Africa .
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16 April – Free State –
Wepener to
Zastron , 46 miles 62 chains (75.3 kilometres).
[2]
19 April – Cape – Klipdale to
Bredasdorp , 25 miles 36 chains (41.0 kilometres).
[2]
1 May – Transvaal –
Balfour North to
Grootvlei , 11 miles 30 chains (18.3 kilometres).
[2]
16 June – Cape –
Pinelands to
Langa , 2 miles 51 chains (4.2 kilometres).
[2]
24 July – Free State –
Heilbron to
Petrus Steyn , 31 miles 6 chains (50.0 kilometres).
[2]
10 September – Transvaal –
Lydenburg to
Steelpoort , 74 miles 40 chains (119.9 kilometres).
[2]
19 September – South West Africa – Gobabis Junction in
Windhoek to Ondekaremba, 29 miles 70 chains (48.1 kilometres).
[2]
22 September – Transvaal –
Naboomspruit to Singlewood, 20 miles 47 chains (33.1 kilometres).
[2]
3 November – Cape –
Franklin to
Kokstad , 25 miles 54 chains (41.3 kilometres).
[2]
4 November – Cape –
Franklin to
Matatiele , 47 miles 76 chains (77.2 kilometres).
[2]
14 November – Cape –
Oudtshoorn to
Calitzdorp , 35 miles 20 chains (56.7 kilometres).
[2]
15 December – Cape –
Touws River to Kareevlakte, 41 miles 59 chains (67.2 kilometres).
[2]
15 December – Transvaal – Hercules to
Schoemansville , 17 miles 64 chains (28.6 kilometres).
[2]
Locomotives
References
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Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
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m Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway , Statement No. 19, p. 188, ref. no. 200954-13
^ Holland, D. F. (1972). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways . Vol. 2: 1910-1955 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England:
David & Charles . pp. 43–44.
ISBN
978-0-7153-5427-8 .
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b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 90, 135.
ISBN
0869772112 .
^ Hamilton, Gavin N.,
The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives produced by Beyer, Peacock , retrieved 10 November 2012
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