The newest arrival at Sheltam's Saaiplaas, Virginia depot is this GM (South Africa) type SW1002, built new in 1987 for the kwaZulu-Natal Finance Development Corporation and later sold to Sheltam a... (more)
With their maximum permitted load of 40 wagons (160 axles) of mealies in tow, this pair of class 34-400 GE U26C's is departing the Free State town of Wesselsbron with the return working of the Bul... (more)
An Australian in South Africa.....this ex-Queensland Railways class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co now belongs to RRL Grindrod and is currently based at Welkom to work the Harmony Gold ore traffic. On a s... (more)
After adding an additional 30 loaded wagons of mealies (maize) to their train at Wesselsbron, the crew of the Bultfontein pick-up are ready to depart to Kroonstad. They now have the maximum load o... (more)
After picking up 10 loaded mealie wagons from the silos at Willemsrus, a crew member talks to the TCO (Train Control Officer) in Kroonstad to get the required track warrant to proceed north to Wes... (more)