tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post8947269896281788554..comments2024-03-27T12:46:47.446+02:00Comments on old STEAM LOCOMOTIVES in South Africa: Cape Town, Salt River Railway Workshops, SAR Class 8D No 1200Piet Conradie (for e-mail addr: see profile plse)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05279027001661194836noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-18780099373251473422024-01-12T16:46:36.286+02:002024-01-12T16:46:36.286+02:00If we look back how salt river works use to work h...If we look back how salt river works use to work hard get a trade .now what will happen to all those who want to learn open salt river to learn trade south Africa got a lot of good future be we let it all go down the drain meny want to.learn south Africa has home to selfish self centered self righteous wicked meny has got every way to learn but now days cell phone ps lap top sit home no drive at all all they want to do sit hole not self MOTi vation begging in streets stealing breaking in homes hi jacking murders ect Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-76028737161856431352024-01-12T16:40:59.564+02:002024-01-12T16:40:59.564+02:00If they don't want to reopen it .build houses ...If they don't want to reopen it .build houses for the community city council home 🏡 then it can be good use for all ways .but just leave it like that is not a good I dear why then build a big shopping mall will luma park fun. For the whole family Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-6311657523808509642024-01-12T16:37:52.789+02:002024-01-12T16:37:52.789+02:00Salt river works shops became a ghost work shops n...Salt river works shops became a ghost work shops no more repairs it's not in s good shape all the offices there in the work shops are badly damage .an the canteen closed no More it's just gone.if u go walk in side u just see old crains stand there that was once working no more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-82953437775286780602023-10-10T15:12:11.936+02:002023-10-10T15:12:11.936+02:00Salt river work shops as I can remember .that shop...Salt river work shops as I can remember .that shop 12 was one of the most loudest work shops they use to redo train wheels an crains use to lift heaven metals wheels heavy machine an old staff member from there now no more there I met him in Victoria hospital I was a porter there he said rae after u left the work shops started to closed down they an go visit the old place u see it look bad offices look bad every thing up side down place place needs a revamp reopening fot staff to paint let our grand children see how the trains was build make it in to a business place sale cakes trains sets model of the place so when they put it up in there corrage they see how it all was now gone just a ghost place .it sad to see once alive place now go e Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-22713272826044728522023-10-09T10:17:11.068+02:002023-10-09T10:17:11.068+02:00Mark south Africa should start a work agency to ge...Mark south Africa should start a work agency to get people from all ages to work at salt river works shops that once thrive of building trains clean up the place paint the place out make it look good again all the old offices an all the work shops to be cleaned out well then once that done pay them people who want to work there .let them gain knowledge how we use to work in the 1970s let them back there working spirit let's support our family . there's always work at salt river work shops try it out no harm trying Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-86634525224704355752023-10-09T10:11:09.467+02:002023-10-09T10:11:09.467+02:00If we stop crime lies salt river works shops can s...If we stop crime lies salt river works shops can still be the heart beat of cape town reopen the work shops an start to let these young people become hard working class people in south Africa not depends on hand out in our streets see even the bible say no work no eat u must work hard u must be able to be productive work hard for ur family salt river works are still the best place .to work hard work any can suport ur family put food on ur table lazy ness sick Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-92073207594374926832023-10-09T00:19:10.180+02:002023-10-09T00:19:10.180+02:00When u end ur dAys work u could shower there then ...When u end ur dAys work u could shower there then go clock out put ur clock card in by the clock ⏰ they must reopen the work place lots u can do take up a trade spray painting wellding an lots more u must put ur mind to it.lets give south Africa good start reopen the place all those who can't find work let them clean ups the place paint it out get all those machines to work again created jobs for the home less people give them work open agency privet company go clean up then noa one should be on the street of carpet town any more it's a good way to build south Africa again then work is there get these homeless off our street for good they can stop, psoe sleep in the streets of cape town. .they can suport family with the waves get .they can provide money but food on there table reopen salt river works cleanup repair all the work shops then u see work there just get people to fix the places Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-48727453455721888502023-10-09T00:09:15.108+02:002023-10-09T00:09:15.108+02:00That the last time I been there I love to go see t...That the last time I been there I love to go see the old place show my wife how we use to work if I can get a passing be very very happy for one Saturday morning if they will alow me .I don't just rock up there no let me know who do I go see I take my id it will come up I did work at the place I left there'd 1964 from school if the s.a.r say cone an fresh ur pass the. Fine I will anjoy it lots of good memories now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-41072259448644622592023-10-09T00:04:38.958+02:002023-10-09T00:04:38.958+02:00Then I was told we send you to shop 9 foundery sho...Then I was told we send you to shop 9 foundery shop where they make train breaks shop 9 f u work there u think u working on the gold mine it's hot. The mold of the breaks for the trains was in a mold then they pour hot melt nettal T u must wear gloves or using have hands it's very hot there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-53669677827143260222023-10-09T00:01:14.059+02:002023-10-09T00:01:14.059+02:00Then they decide to let me be a messager on the bi...Then they decide to let me be a messager on the bikecycal deliverymail I was very good at it ride on a cycal around salt river works <br />I use to make out clock cards every week mon to fry then collection for to be at hr for time how they worked if late for work .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-68486120133369652412023-10-08T23:58:13.461+02:002023-10-08T23:58:13.461+02:00I was told to go to shop 10 the wood work shop wor...I was told to go to shop 10 the wood work shop work there then shop 16 spray paint shop where we had to put masking tape to not paint over the wood work in side the trains some times I find R 400 there that some drop. Why they must of travil fR the forman use to give us eotm to do sweep out the sorm zhopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-59785825547613730572023-10-08T23:54:47.301+02:002023-10-08T23:54:47.301+02:00Shop 12 salt river rails as I can still hear the l...Shop 12 salt river rails as I can still hear the loud sound of working with hot ribbits it was so loud if u want to say u go eat u must go over to ur forman I want to go eat the hooter use toa blow it loud horn then if y want to go out must get a pass then out if u late for work u get a yellow conery late R 75 get taken off ur pay Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-81554670855109505152023-10-08T16:30:01.500+02:002023-10-08T16:30:01.500+02:00I miss the old salt river work shop when I left sc...I miss the old salt river work shop when I left school the year my dad took me to poul shower building there at the time u fill in application to work for s.a.r .then I was told go to salt river u must report there u start 07:00 to 5.00 then I went in was told go to shop 12 there very loud then I work there it long I went to groote shuh<br />Groote shuur porter then ilieft gsh back rail ways. I was told shop 11 it it was fun work there it all the past Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-45016762515968535642023-07-01T23:02:29.654+02:002023-07-01T23:02:29.654+02:00To the salt river work shop c e o I love to get a ...To the salt river work shop c e o I love to get a pass to enter the work shops I love to take my step grand children then an my wife to shop what we use to do .how we use to work there do they still spray paint the trians ect thank um.n.rae Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-71559919618298159022023-07-01T22:59:17.487+02:002023-07-01T22:59:17.487+02:00Shop 12 was very very load that shop I had to go o...Shop 12 was very very load that shop I had to go over to the artazan chat to him .shop 16 they use to spray paint trains all those work shops busy then they put me in the messager work I got my own cycle I use to deliver post to work shops write out clock cards then I left to work as porter at groote schuur hospital as porter I'm retired fr work I get sassa I love to go visit the work shops if I'm aloud I love to go visit the old work shops we use to get the hooter that use to hear at home 🏠 then we know they are on duty an lunch time let the hooter blow again that be nice Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-3842718083677660212023-07-01T22:53:04.907+02:002023-07-01T22:53:04.907+02:00I remember salt river work shops was always busy t...I remember salt river work shops was always busy there if you want to do a reade u can' an u can do so much when I just left school.that time year 1973 year 1974 that was my first work I got I had to go to Paul shower building 🏢 cape town there u gas to write a attitude test to see where u can fit in I end up in the work shops my first work shop was shop 12 very load shop I had to go over to the person u can't even gear ur self the work shops was very loud fr all the work was done shop 10 the wood work shop shop 4 the black smith shop an shop 9 was making train breaks there u use to get black with work good work Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-54226008335482760442023-05-17T10:36:07.218+02:002023-05-17T10:36:07.218+02:00I got pair of boots overals shop 12 there was saf...I got pair of boots overals shop 12 there was safty boots then they show where which work shop u can slot InAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-82699741182777140892023-05-17T10:33:46.007+02:002023-05-17T10:33:46.007+02:00I was year 18 years old an my dad took me to poul ...I was year 18 years old an my dad took me to poul showed in cape town there u had to go write an attitude test to see where they can fit u.then I was told mark rae u must go to salt river works shop to go work there then I when to staff office they to go work there at the time it was work shops alot .shop 12 was very loud u could not even hear ur self it was very loud Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-46381914643921886162022-07-27T12:45:47.249+02:002022-07-27T12:45:47.249+02:00When I was just left school 1973 then 1974 I start...When I was just left school 1973 then 1974 I started to work at salt River work shop 12 that was so bad with noise that u cant take it every thing was so loud u have to shout to to.formam what u.wamt<br />To. Say shopf 11 was always busy loug they make train wheels those train wheels are heavy big Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-82867028388736498972022-07-24T14:21:02.289+02:002022-07-24T14:21:02.289+02:00I love to see the build houses there now it no use...I love to see the build houses there now it no use reopen the place all our train go to bellviel to be repaired they lrepair trains there that place closed now leave it closed. To old so repair the place shoe our grand children how our trains us to get repaired an painted Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-37050406405506902242022-06-09T21:10:01.719+02:002022-06-09T21:10:01.719+02:00So why must our trains look like our seats get tha...So why must our trains look like our seats get that scolly cut out seat with knive spray paint our trains very bad it's better Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-13512048860727705692022-06-09T21:06:39.014+02:002022-06-09T21:06:39.014+02:00I use to work at S.A.R railway we we called those ...I use to work at S.A.R railway we we called those years as south African rail ways .the salt River work shops was that time very busy repair trains spray paint trains our trains at the time was very neat clean tidy now days it look very unsafe our colour of our train where red an gray now not nice it look eye site sore ni CD e Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-15657922109720337382022-06-09T00:32:31.265+02:002022-06-09T00:32:31.265+02:00You know this I find out when I work at one of the...You know this I find out when I work at one of the work ship the artersen told me in work shop 12he told me mark u know there so much the young person can take up A trade hear once u pass Ur we writting test u can make it Ur life time work this teach u to ipe no Ur mind an learn at building trains u can then repair Ur own car an spray paint train then u can lear to do Ur car sssvAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-88390254833630289572022-06-09T00:26:46.750+02:002022-06-09T00:26:46.750+02:00I feel that fix up salt River work shops ok only v...I feel that fix up salt River work shops ok only visit the site not work there put trains there as models an crains models then our grand children can see how trains was build in the old days there could be kids who leave 🏫 can take up the trade build trains railway got lots of opportunities to I'm procer Ur skills If u interested it's pity I left there so meny years ago I was very young at the time now retired at the end of of my working at the hospital now end of September this yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4368258020854525544.post-69122184171291209042022-06-07T21:15:52.238+02:002022-06-07T21:15:52.238+02:00The imployment at salt River. Works don't empl...The imployment at salt River. Works don't employ work There so end IT OVERVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com