Our Umgeni Steam Railway volunteer staff
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Left to right: Roy Raats, Ashley Peter, Neal Bodger, Graham
Gillett, Don Ashinghton (PMB), Stephen Moodley (PMB), Derick Norton (snr),
Marc Bouchier, Johan Nel
Sitting: Simon Anderson, George Greef (contract driver)
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To give Umgeni Steam Railway some form of a personal touch we
list our active members who form the basis of our volunteer staff
(not in any order of importance but in alphabetical order) and their "normal" occupations....
Left to right: Brendon Anderson, Ian Scholes (a "refugee" from
Kleinmond in the Cape), Simon Anderson, Colin Healey
(Sunday 23rd December 2007)
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Simon Anderson - Qualified Loco Driver (youngest in South
Africa) and Qualified Fireman
and Chief Mechanical Engineer for loco maintenance
Normal employment - Tool Maker for Tweed Tools |
Brendon Anderson - Qualified Loco Driver (third
youngest in South Africa) and Qualified Fireman
Normal employment - Chartered Accountant for Hirt and Carter |
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Andy Anderson - Founder Member of Umgeni Steam
Railway (1982)
Commercial Manager and Logistics Support, also makes food for staff
if you speak to him nicely
Normal employment - Self employed
Andmar Container and Logistics CC
Buisness e-mail - andy.export{at}vodamail.co.za
USR e-mail - andy{at}umgenisteamrailway.co.za
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Neal Bodger - Qualified Fireman, Ticket Sales,
Qualified Guard
Normal employment - Surveyor for Eskom |
JJ Botha - Trainee Fireman
Normal employment - SARS Taxation Officer |
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Marc Bouchier - Logistics and Finance Manager
- coal, water, restoration, engineering services,
security, marketing and "Mr. Fix-It"
Normal employment - Technical Director, Duys Engineering |
Chris Brown - Coach Marshall
Normal employment - retired, ex Eskom Power Station Engineer
USR email - chrisb{at}umgenisteamrailway.co.za |
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Ron Collyer - Qualified Fireman, Assistant
Loco Engineer
Normal employment - Qualified Helicopter Mechanic, currently Umgeni Steam
Railway devotee |
Grant Fryer - Coach Marshall (PMB), Bar Manager,
First Aid
Normal employment - Company Co-Owner - Aqua Services CC |
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Graham Gillett - Webmaster, Marketing, Coach Marshall,
Ticket Sales,
Website Photographer
Normal employment - Self-employed electronic design engineer, website designer,
emergency power solutions
Business e-mail - graham{at}cmrprojects.co.za
USR
email - info{at}umgenisteamrailway.co.za |
David Hall - Facilities Manager, Inchanga Station
Normal employment - Environmental Manager for Transnet Freight Rail |
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Jeremy Hathorn - Coach Bar Manager, Coach Marshall
Normal employment - Architect for FGG Architects |
Greg Hart - Qualified Guard, Train Manager,
Qualified Fireman
Normal employment - qualified architect draughtsman, currently
Yard Foreman for Metro Rail
e-mail him on shunters{at}umgenisteamrailway.co.za |
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Colin Healey
- Founder Member of Umgeni Steam Railway (1982)
Qualified Fireman, Qualified Guard, Coach Marshall, Train Manager
Normal employment - Retired, globe trots between UK and SA in our summer months
[now you see him , now you don't - ed] |
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Werner Horne - Coach Marshall
Normal employment - Missionary |
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Pat Hyland - Steam Enthusiast
Normal employment - Owner of RM Getaways,
a tour operator
www.rmgetaways.co.za |
Gordon Lumsden - Fireman, Engineering Services
Normal employment - Owner of Tweed Tools in
Pinetown.
He supplies
USR all engineering services and the use of all the machines in the shop free of charge |
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Robbie "Fully Booked" Macgregor - Founder
Member of Umgeni Steam Railway (1982)
Bookings Manager, Train Manager
Normal employment - Retired ex-South African Railways, Telkom and
Farmer
USR
e-mail - robbie{at}umgenisteamrailway.co.za |
Johan "Koos" Nel - Electrical Manager,
and in charge of all other things that go bang
Normal employment - Mechanical Supervisor, National Power |
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Jacques Nel - Coach Marshall (PMB)
Normal employment - Department of Correctional Services |
Derick Norton (Snr) - Ticket Issuing, Ticket
Inspector, Coach Marshall
Normal employment - Contract driver for Metro Rail |
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Kevin McTaggart - Coach Marshall (PMB),
Coach Electrician, Marketing for the Pietermaritzburg area
Normal employment - Front Shop Assistant at Scottsville Pharmacy |
David Oosthuizen - Qualified Fireman
Normal employment - Pharmacist
Hobby, other than steam trains, Drummer in Scottish Highland Pipe Band |
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Ashley Peter -
Train Manager / Guard, "Master Shunter"
Often referred to as "Sir Shunt-A-Lot"
Often seen hanging on the front of locos waving his arm or off the side of
coaches or trucks, usually with a radio in his hand
Normal employment - Planning Manager for Metro Rail
(doesn't get a chance to hang off locos in his normal job) |
Kelsey, Tracey and Danielle Peter -
On-Train Bar Sales
Not content with the fact that Dad "plays" trains on Sundays
Mum Tracey and children Kelsey and Danielle help out by manning the on-train bar and cool drink
sales for the passengers in the coaches
Normal employment - Pick and Pay Manager |
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Benny Pieterse - Fireman, loco restoration and engineering
Normal employment - Tool Maker for Tweed Tools
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Jopie Pretorius - Trainee Driver, Qualified
Fireman
Normal employment - Technical Superintendant, Transnet Rail Engineering (Bayhead) |
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Roy Raats - Loco Engineer at Mason Mill, Trainee Driver,
Qualified Fireman
Normal employment - Automotive oil distribution |
Clem Robbins - Coach Restorer, Coach Marshall, Ticket
Sales (PMB)
Normal employment - Senior Engineer Telkom Projects |
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Mervin Sandilands - Coach Electrician, Coach Marshall
(PMB)
Normal employment - electrician in his own business
email him at sandilands{at}telkomsa.net
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Ian Scholes - Fireman (refugee from Kleinmond, Cape)
Passed away in 2011 - God Bless you Ian you were a good person and a great family man, you will be sadly missed by us all at USR
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Byron Tupper - Assistant to loco crew, coal trimming,
"fetch-and-carry" with tools, oilers and food
Youngest member of Umgeni Steam Railway
Normal employment - School (boring !)
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Alan Wilson - USR photographer, Bar Manager with his wife
Heather
Normal employment - Photo-Lithographer |
Rodney and Vivian - First Aid
Normal employment - South African Red Cross |
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