Jaagbaan (L12)

Name: Jaagbaan

Jaagbaan: (6,5 km from Dalton on the Glenside branch) Some 10 000 tons of molasses and almost 80 000 tons of bulk sugar were loaded to rail at the local sugar mill. The molasses was sent to Durban for export, as well as Eastern and Western Cape destinations. The bulk sugar was directed to an important distribution point in Germiston.

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Dalton-Jagbaan-Glenside Branch Line
This is a short 19 km branch line, serving the large sugar mill at Jaagbaan and a pulpwood depot at Glenside. It was opened in 1915, and generated wattle bark, timber and firewood, as well as maize and livestock hide traffic for many years. In 1928, it generated 2,300 tons of traffic, down from over 3,700 tons in 1925. In spite of the traffic reduction, the line ran at a profit (including interest on capital at the time). A sugar mill was established at Jaagbaan during the 1950s when new strains of frost- resistant sugarcane were developed, and this greatly increased overall traffic on the branch line.

The line has a 1 in 50 gradient in both directions, and a single Class 35 diesel can take a load of 600 tons although four units are used on block loads of bulk sugar trains. The section from Dalton to Jagbaan is rated an 18,5 ton axle-load, but beyond Jaagbaan to Glenside it is 16 tons. This section of line is in poor condition and its future is uncertain.

Main traffic on the branch consists of bulk sugar from the large sugar mill. During 2005/2006 nearly 80,000 tons of bulk sugar was forwarded to Gauteng, while over 10,000 tons of molasses was dispatched to Durban and other destinations in the Eastern and Western Cape. In addition, another 10,500 tons of roundwood for pulping and chipping originated at Glenside.



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