Impala Platinum's class 8E Bo-Bo electric #8 working a fully loaded train of 11 hoppers from No.1 shaft to the main processing plant. Photo taken with permission on Tanago's recent South Africa ra... (more)

Impala Platinum's class 8E Bo-Bo electric #22, purchased from West Driefontein Gold Mine in 2011, waiting to back its train into the unloading bins.

Impala Platinum is the worlds second largest platinum mine and operates an extensive electrified (3kV DC) rail system serving 14 shafts. Class 8E Bo-Bo electric #3 basks in the early morning light... (more)

A dry and dusty winters day is drawing to a close as Anglo Platinum's C30EMP #3002 climbs the grade to Entabeni siding with 13 loaded wagons from Thembelani Mine.

Framed by a Jacaranda tree, AR&TS GE U20C #054 (ex- CFM Mozambique) is seen passing the old Central Deep shaft while working a loaded train from Anglo Platinum's Siphumelele Mine to Waterval Plant... (more)

Doubleheading on Anglo Platinum's Rustenburg system is a rare occurrence. Leased AR&TS ex- CFM Mozambique GE U20C #053 teams up with Anglo Platinum's GE C30EMP #3001 to move a load of empty hopper... (more)

To supplement their own fleet of GE C30EMP's, Anglo Platinum leases a number of locomotives from African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS). Here their ex- CFM Mozambique GE U20C #053 crawls through... (more)

GE C30EMP #3001 is reflected in the waters of the Hex River on Anglo Platinum's Rustenburg system, while working a full load of 19 hoppers from Kwezi shaft to Klipfontein. Photo taken with permiss... (more)

Having loaded 20 hoppers at Anglo Platinum's Thembelani Mine, GE C30EMP #3003 climbs the grade through Paardekraal cutting, heading to Waterval Plant. The town of Rustenburg and the Magaliesberg m... (more)

Anglo Platinum GE C30EMP #3001 is loading the first train of the day shift at Kwezi shaft (aka K5). Photo taken with permission during the recent Tanago Tours South Africa railfan tour.

On a very hazy winter morning the Magaliesberg mountains loom in the background as one of Anglo Platinum's GE C30EMP's arrives at Kwezi shaft (aka K5) with 19 empty hoppers, to begin loading the f... (more)

African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS) have their own fleet of locomotives which are leased to various industrial users, but they also undertake complete overhauls, rebuilds and repainting at th... (more)

Working out of Kroonstad depot, this train is hauling empty grain wagons for the silos at stations along the Free State main line to Sasolburg. The train is seen entering the loop at the south end... (more)

Unfortunately, finding a clean class 6E1 on Transnet Freight Rail these days is a rarity, so coming across this pair in two different Spoornet liveries on the same train was an absolute pleasure! ... (more)

The sun has already set on another cloudless winter day in the Free State, as Sheltam's #1202 (ex- SAR 31-001) running long hood forward, hauls its train of empty hoppers from Harmony Gold's Centr... (more)