RAIL CROSSING Traditional Geocache

This cache forms part of the SAR stations and sidings series on the West Coast area.

Bring your own pen.

Accidents and incidents

• 19 February 1896, a freight train loaded with eight trucks of dynamite was struck by a shunter while unloading. The resulting Braamfontein Explosion was one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in history, killing more than 70 people, and injuring over 200.
• 2 February 2002, 24 people die in the 2002 Charlotte's Dale train collision
• 26 October 2005, 2005 Deelfontein train collision, head-on collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo
• 13 November 2006, Faure level crossing accident, 19 people were killed at a level crossing near Somerset West when a metrorail train collided with a truck carrying farm workers.
• 21 April 2010, 3 crew died in the Pretoria runaway of a Rovos Rail train
• 25 August 2010, Blackheath level crossing accident, 10 children died as a result of a level crossing crash between a Metrorail commuter train and a minibus taxi.
• 13 July 2012. Hectorspruit level crossing accident, at least 25 people were killed at a level crossing near Hectorspruit, Mpumalanga, when a coal train collided with a truck carrying farm workers.
• Saturday, 18 July 2015. Two commuter trains collided and overturned in Johannesburg.200 people were injured.