• Please help: Our friend in Belgium is interested in coaches circa 1870 of the the CGR. He would like photogrpahs and diagrams of such rolling stock – HBH.
First Aid Kits: SAS-SAR/SAV-SAT/Spoornet : J & J Wepener Hi, Good old SAS-SAR/SAV-SAT/Spoornet had three types of First Aid Kits. Large wooden boxes/small black tins/Very large containers attached to under frames of certain passenger rolling stock. The wooden type, photos attached, were kept at large Stations/Offices/Sheds. Tins were available at Signal Cabins, RTS passenger busses and wooden guards vans used for carrying passengers. [These two were handed in by RTS driver/guard at journeys end for re-issue on next trip]. Under frame kits found on both sides of all Double/Single Dining Saloons/Passenger guards vans. Had soft metal peel away covering, staff grasped handles to reveal contents. Stretchers/blankets included. Boxes/tins were inspected by Station Master or the Staff and General Clerk every six months. Dining Saloon kits checked by Catering Staff and vans by Carriage and Wagon Depots at regular intervals. The usual white grid, as found on rolling stock under frames, also stencilled on these large boxes and the date of inspection replenishment with new items recorded in yellow against Month/Year on grid. A book RMD 1 [Railway Medical Department], was available with all boxes/tins/kits. Date, Time, Name pension number of injured servant or public - address to be obtained, Injury sustained, Items used and signature of treating official were recorded in this book. Original document was perforated for easy removal and carbon copy remained in book, for record purposes. Should supplies run low, before the six month inspection period, the box/tin would be sent to the office for replenishment. Servant would make list of items used from the pages, replenish all items necessary. The pages would be removed, date stamp and certificate 147