An eastbound train of 48 loaded soda ash wagons from the Botswana Ash mine at Sua Pan, snakes its way down the grade into the town of Zeerust, with six ageing class 34 GE U26C's in charge. Photo t... (more)

Soda ash is transported by Botswana Railways from the Botswana Ash mine at Sua Pan, to Mafikeng in South Africa, where Transnet Freight Rail takes over to continue the journey to Johannesburg. See... (more)

Three class 34 GE U26C's, led by 34-120 in original SAR red livery, find a patch of sunlight between the surrounding foliage as they climb the grade out of Syferbult with their train of containers... (more)

Westbound trains passing through Magaliesburg face a stiff climb up 1 in 40 grades out of the valley towards Watershed and Vlakdrif. This trio of class 34's, led by 34-120 in original SAR red live... (more)

Still sporting its original SAR red livery, GE class 34 #34-120 leads two stablemates in Spoornet blue livery, as they sweep around the long curve at Orient with a westbound container train bound ... (more)

Forty years after delivery of the last GE U26C class 34 diesels to the South African Railways (SAR) in 1973, some of these veterans continue to survive in their original SAR red livery with yellow... (more)

TRAINS CAN KILL.... to make motorists more aware of the dangers of arguing with a train, Transnet Freight Rail has erected large billboards at certain level crossings along the secondary main line... (more)

Loaded fuel tankers for Botswana head down the long grade into the Magaliesburg valley, behind four class 34 GE U26C's, led by no. 34-120 in original SAR red livery.

Having run light engine from Millsite depot in Krugersdorp, this quartet of class 34 GE U26C's has slowed to a crawl at the west end of Tarlton station, to allow the drivers assistant to climb dow... (more)

Transnet Pipelines has a terminal loading facility (out of sight behind this train) at Tarlton on the Krugersdorp - Mafikeng line, from where rail tankers are loaded and dispatched almost daily to... (more)