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Railways
Railway lines opened
25 May – Natal – Umgeni to Avoca, 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 kilometres).[4]
1 August – Cape Midland – Glenconnor to Mount Stewart, 48 miles 70 chains (78.7 kilometres).[5]
15 August – Cape Eastern – Kei Road to Döhne, 20 miles 45 chains (33.1 kilometres).[5]
15 August – Cape Eastern – East London to Landing Jetty, 1 mile 58 chains (2.8 kilometres).[5]
4 September – Natal – Durban to Pinetown, 17 miles 15 chains (27.7 kilometres).[6]
4 November – Cape Western – Kleinstraat to Grootfontein, 86 miles 49 chains (139.4 kilometres).[5]
Locomotives
The Cape Government Railways places a second locomotive in service on construction work on the Kowie harbour project at Port Alfred, a 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) broad gauge 0-4-0 saddle-tank engine named Aid.[7]
References
^Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 661.
^Statement Showing, in Chronological Order, the Date of Opening and the Mileage of Each Section of Railway, Statement No. 19, p. 181, ref. no. 200954-13
^ abcdReport for year ending 31 December 1909, Cape Government Railways, Section VIII – Dates of Opening and the Length of the different Sections in the Cape Colony, from the Year 1873 to 31st December, 1909.
^The South African Railways – Historical Survey. Editor George Hart, Publisher Bill Hart, Sponsored by Dorbyl Ltd., Published c. 1978, p. 16.
^Holland, D.F. (1971). Steam Locomotives of the South African Railways. Vol. 1: 1859–1910 (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, England: David & Charles. pp. 13–14, 18. ISBN978-0-7153-5382-0.