Name: Broodsnyersplaas
Google count: 71 for Broodsnyersplaas (SA)
Date: 22 August 2008
Historic fact:
The 54 km Ogies – Broodsnyersplaas section was opened between 1946 and 1950 to serve new coal mining development in the area. ...
mpumalanga.zularock.co.za/mp/rail/7.xml
Other interesting info:
South Africa's 500 km main coal export railway line - from Broodsnyersplaas to the Richards Bay harbour - traverses geological formations that have high clay content, variable consistencies and highly jointed and fractured zones. One such area in KwaZulu-Natal caused a large-scale slip in the adjacent 25 m high cutting, which could cause an unscheduled and costly temporary closure of the line.
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