Description of freight station under construction by South African Railways; yard covers 226 acres; switching yard serving freight yard is 109 acres; main features of freight yard are coal sites, received freight shed, forwarded freight shed, heavy freight yard, and garage and workshop for servicing and maintenance of cartage stock; extent of sidings and platforms; diagrams of two freight sheds at Prospect and illustration of forwarded shed are reproduced. (See also - illustrations p 304-5)


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    Title :

    Prospect goods station, Johannesburg


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 88 , n 11 ; p 303


    Publication date :

    1948


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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