1927 in South Africa
Events
- August
- 20 – The restored manor house of Groot Constantia is reopened after a fire devastated it in 1925.
Births
Railways
Railway lines opened
- 7 January – Cape – Sunland to Kirkwood, 14 miles 54 chains (23.6 kilometres).[1]
- 10 February – Transvaal – Solarvale to Mount Carmel, 2 miles 25 chains (3.7 kilometres).[1]
- 27 April – Cape – Landplaas to Bitterfontein, 31 miles 63 chains (51.2 kilometres).[1]
- 1 July – Transvaal – Makwassie to Vermaas, 59 miles 29 chains (95.5 kilometres).[1]
- 4 July – Natal – Candover to Golela, Transvaal, 12 miles 27 chains (19.9 kilometres).[1]
- 14 September – Cape – Imvani to Qamata, 26 miles 79 chains (43.4 kilometres).[1]
Locomotives
Seven new steam locomotive types, five Cape gauge and two narrow gauge, enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 189, ref. no. 200954-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. ISBN 0869772112.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 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.
- ↑ Hamilton, Gavin N., The Garratt Locomotive - Garratt Locomotives from Other Builders, retrieved 10 November 2012
- ↑ Durrant, A E (1989). Twilight of South African Steam (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, London: David & Charles. ISBN 0715386387.
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