South African luxury trains history

  • “Blue Train” – February 1983 Archive Article from The Railway Magazine

    “Blue Train” – February 1983 Archive Article from The Railway Magazine

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    D. M. RHIND WHETS YOUR APPETITE AND EMPTIES YOUR WALLET WITH A RIDE ON SOUTH AFRICA’S “BLUE TRAIN” IT’S 12 o’clock and the noon-day gun fires from Signal Hill, Cape Town, the tourists in Adderley Street say “Ooh” or “Aah,” and some of the more inexperienced pigeons in Greenmarket Square take to the air and…


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