The late afternoon light catches Sheltam's #1202 (ex- SAR class 31-001) unloading waste from Harmony Gold's Masimong 4 shaft at Central Plant. Sheltam operates the eastern end of the Harmony Gold ... (more)

Sheltam's ex- SAR class 31 #1202 climbs the grade away from Harmony Gold's Central Plant with its train of empty hoppers, returning to Masimong 4 shaft to collect another load of waste for process... (more)

The first General Electric diesel-electric locomotives ordered by the South African Railways (SAR) were the class 31 (GE U12B), imported from the USA and placed in service in 1958. All have been w... (more)

The first General Electric diesel-electric locomotives ordered by the South African Railways (SAR) were the class 31 (GE U12B), imported from the USA and placed in service in 1958. All have been w... (more)

The recommissioning of Harmony Gold #2 in 2010 (renumbered from #8) included a repaint in an eyecatching bright red livery. Seen here at Unicel shaft, #2 is waiting with its train of empty hoppers... (more)

Harmony Gold's GE 65-tonner # 6, built in 1950 and imported from Schenectady, NY, USA hauls 5 empty hoppers from Bambanani East to the workshops. At 63 years of age, this is most likely the oldest... (more)

These two GE 65-tonners, built in 1950 and imported from Schenectady, NY bask in the sunshine on a beautiful winter morning outside the Harmony Gold loco workshop. Both locomotives are still in op... (more)

The afternoon light catches a line-up of RRL Grindrod's locomotives waiting at the TFR station in Welkom for a call from one of the mines to collect the next load of gold-bearing ore. From left to... (more)

RRL Grindrod's 'Hercules' Bo-Bo diesel electric (built by Union Carriage & Wagon South Africa 1970) departs from Harmony Gold's Nyala shaft with ten loaded hoppers. The Hercules will travel over T... (more)

An ALCO in a GE body perhaps? RRL Grindrod's RB201 (GE U12B, ex- SAR class 31-009) departs Niemandsland siding in Welkom with its train of loaded hoppers headed for the Harmony Gold exchange sidin... (more)

Red car, red locomotive, who will win the race to the crossing? RRL Grindrod's RB201 (ex- SAR class 31-009) approaches the Jan Hofmeyer Road crossing in Welkom, while working empty hoppers from th... (more)

The class 31 diesel-electric locomotives (GE U12B) were imported from the USA and placed in service on the South African Railways in 1958. All have been withdrawn, but a few survive in industrial ... (more)

The class 31 diesel-electric locomotives (GE U12B) were imported from the USA and placed in service on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1958. All have been withdrawn, but a few survive in indus... (more)

Strong southerly winds from an advancing cold front have blown plenty of dust into the air, weakening the light from the setting sun on a dry winter afternoon at Rooiwal, where Shosholoza Meyl's "... (more)

On a dry and dusty winters day on the highveld, the Suikerbosrand (sugar bush ridge) is barely visible in the background, as Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth approache... (more)