SAR Dining Car (Series 2, Side A)         
This dining car, the LIMPOPO, is painted in the BJ's livery. BJ's is a restaurant group that, at the time, was contracted by Spoornet to do the catering on the Shosholoza Meyl's long distance routes. Dining cars run permanently coupled to kitchen cars and are always positioned in the middle of the train. The interior layout is, from the left, cupboards on both sides of the centre aisle, the dining room, and a bar with a passage around it on the B side.

SAR Type A-1, Number range 401 to 419 (odd numbers only), Built 1968, Length over headstocks 47' 6" (19.952m), Height 13' 0" (3.937m), Width 9' 4" (2.845m), To seat 38.
Date: 11/8/2006 Location: Stikland, Cape Town, WC,  ZA Country Flag Views: 376 Collection Of:   Col AndrĂ© Kritzinger
Rolling Stock: SAS 409 (Diner) Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
SAR Dining Car (Series 2, Side A)
Picture Categories: RollingStock,Passenger This picture is part of album:  South Africa's Rolling Stock - Passenger Mainline
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