The main route from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town has by-passed the city of George for many years now and it has been a long time since we stopped in at George. When you are going from point A to point B the inconvenience of stopping to smell the roses sometimes does not seem worth the extra travel time.
On our last trip to Cape Town we spontaneously decided to do the detour through George and what a well worth while decision that was. As we were leaving the city, we saw a sign to the right proclaiming the Railway Museum. Some quick and fancy maneuvering in the traffic got us to where we wanted to be.
When we arived we were told the Museum was closed as the facilities were being used for a decor expo as the stall holders were busy setting up their stands. After a little persuasion we were let in at no charge.
17 comments:
Such interesting photos! You must have had the whole museum to yourselves when you visited, and enjoyed the trains greatly :)
Deb
Great series. They almost look like toy trains. Hope your recovery is coming along well.
Aw! Hubby would enjoy this place. His dad worked on the railways and so the family got free first class travel for many many years..which they made the most of.
Great stuff
Denise
Some great photos there Max. Very interesting.
Glad they let you in - great photos!
WOW, those are some beautiful pictures of the train. Very interesting post.
hehe, can you see Max has been in training to get back to his blogging? :)
Great train post all nice a new looking
hey...
man, this post makes me reminesce about my father. I remember having a great obsession with train layouts when I was younger and my dad and I had great plans, but then I lost interest. I think it broke my fathers heart but I was just a kid that was growing up. Maybe one day I can build a train layout with my dad and my son if I ever have one, I would really like that...
i'm new to the whole ABC world so I'm just trying to stop by and say hello to those involved.
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jim baker
I've always liked Steam trains so this post is a creaker for me to see.
Any train lover would have been in heaven at that museum and your pictures are really nice. Thanks for an interesting post. Hope you are feeling better.
Max these are cool photos of the train, I really like the old ones too. Visited some in Canada, just one wagon display, but was cool to see how robust they were. Hope all is well, Anna :)
Fantastic train photos Max. I have a bit of a train thing because my father is very fond of them. I will have to show him this post.
One Little Detail
The Outeniqua Railway Museum is outstanding. I used to be a tourist guide and the museum was one of my stops on the Garden Route tour as my starting or ending point for the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe steam train. The tourists always love walking through the museum and each person finds something else that is their highlight to the miseum. Being it the Royal train, the steam engins, the vintage car exhibit or just having coffee or lunch in the carrage at the restaurant. Well worth the R5 entrance fee!
These beauties make great photos externally and internally, wish we still had them here, well actually we do but mainly run by enthusiasts
Great shots for the T posting. You must have been very persuasive to be admitted to the closed museum. Good for you.
Hope you are recuperating and will be back to your old self soon.
A very beautiful T. Nicely done Max.
~Oswegan
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