Randfontein Estate Gold mine operated 12 ex South African Railways Class GMAM Garratt locomotives until early 1995 when hired Diesel-Electric locomotives took over. This GMAM and her train is lit... (more)

A few weeks after this picture was taken REGM retired most of their steam fleet. I woke well before sunrise, drove the 35 minute journey to the mine, took photographs of the locomotives and was a... (more)

Randfontein Estates Gold Mine operated a fleet of up to 15 ex South African Railways Class GMAM Garretts to haul 1000 tonne gold ore trains from their shafts to the reduction plants. R4's mechani... (more)