Light-hearted drama series following the adventures of the refreshment personnel on the long-distance train between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Three of the staff members, Vollie, Boeta and Braam, are university students spending their December holidays on the train. Doep is the boss of the restaurant car, and Kolonie Cloete is the chef who spends his hours crammed into the tiny kitchen with his assistant, Fensham. During their voyages across the Karoo, their lives become entangled with those of the passengers - from beauties and fortune tellers to thieves and diamond smugglers.


Premiere date: 9 August 1984

Channel: TV1

Language: Afrikaans

Genre: Comedy drama

Number of series: 1

Number of episodes: 13

Episode: 2
A young pregnant woman gets on the train. Her husband is in the army, so she is going to her parents for the birth of her baby. She befriends a retired government official, Adriaan. He has no family, so decides to leave everything to Santie’s unborn child.

Production company: Clarens Films

Cast and Crew:
Main actor Character
Pierre Knoesen - Vollie
Koos Strauss - Kolonie Cloete
Zack du Plessis - Doep
At Botha - Boeta
Wikus van Rensburg - Braam
Quintus Loots - Fensham

Daan Retief - Director
Hennie Human - Writer
Nikki Allers - Assistant director
Herman Holtzhausen - Theme song: music and lyrics
Mary-Ann van Dekken - Production secretary
Pieter Bosch - Production organiser
Johan Lategan - Editing
Christa Lategan - Editing
Buster Reynolds - Head: Camera and lighting
Emille van Wyk - Make-up; Costumes
Mari Hauptfleisch - Costumes
Chris Schutte - Production superviser
Mario le Granger - Set dressing
Hoffie van der Merwe - Set dressing
Yvonne Schoeman - Continuity
Nico Louw - Sound recordings
Les Reynolds - Camera assistant
Phineas Ramonare - Assistant
Sam Ngobeni - Assistant
Maryna May - Administration
Dina Delport - Administration
Pat Finch - Administration