Herbert Prinsloo dedicated a quarter of a century of love to Africa’s most luxurious train. When he began to suspect that friends of Transnet were being handed free trips he was investigated, charged ...

Back in 1930, Bentley's Chairman Captain Woolf Barnato accepted a rather odd wager in a "like a sir" manner. Alright, it was just a crazy idea that involved racing a train, but that's how history is ...

You probably heard the story about a vintage Bentley beating a speeding train in the 1930s. It went down in automotive folklore as the Bentley Blue Train story. The vehicle in question was a ...

November 1, 2005 It reads like a story from a “Boys Own Annual.” In 1930, devilishly handsome and independently wealthy playboy and international motor racer Woolf Barnato accepted a bet whilst ...

To add to Transnet’s woes, its crown jewel, the Blue Train, is indefinitely out of action after a fire in February destroyed a coach and damaged two others. Nineteen coaches were derailed in November ...

Once reserved only for Marshal Josip Broz Tito and his guests, the most luxurious train in the former Yugoslavia is these days available to anyone who can afford to rent it. From it’s construction in ...

The ‘Blue Train’ Bentley is not blue. It is also not a train. It’s a car named after a race that it did not compete in. An illegal street race no less. And yet it is – with the possible exception of ...

Taking a train equipped with no air-conditioning while the sun blazes on a hot Taiwanese autumn day might not sound like a pleasant trip to most, but one might be surprised. A restored “blue train” on ...