Narrow Gauge Railways of South Africa - Apple Express Part 4

Narrow Gauge Railways of South Africa - Apple Express Part 4 The farmers of Hankey and Patensie at last had their railway, and they celebrated it with a great surge in production. Output from the valley steadily increased, as frequent trains made their measured way through the patchwork of cultivation. The trains of the day were seldom freight only: almost always, they carried a mixed assemblage of goods and people. Today, the Apple Express Society runs these mixed trains as specials, forging a link wit