Just west of Fochville, a pair of 18E's in the TFR red livery are heading east along the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line with a block load of bagged cement from Lichtenburg. The covered wagon... (more)
On a clear and sunny spring morning, with some greenery evident after the first spring rains, the luxury Blue Train is passing Raathsvlei, as it travels over the link line from Potchefstroom to Ho... (more)
Early morning finds a blue 18E from series 1 heading up two sisters from series 2 on a block load of bagged cement from Lichtenburg, heading east along the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line at ... (more)
Trains carrying iron ore from the mines in the Northern Cape run via the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line, to reach one of two ArcelorMittal steelworks, either in Vanderbijlpark, or in Newcast... (more)
The link line between Potchefstroom and Houtheuwel is bi-directional double track CTC, but most of the time "Operating" sticks to left hand running. Here is an exception to the rule, wit... (more)
The Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR),... (more)
Shortly after sunrise on a spring morning, Rovos Rail's Cape Town to Pretoria train is reflected in a small farm dam as it heads east along the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line. Two grubby cla... (more)
A pair of 18E's in the TFR red livery are heading west from Leeuhof Yard in Vereeniging towards Potchefstroom, passing a small farm dam with a short train of empty grain wagons. The black speck in... (more)
Raathsvlei siding, on the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line in southern Gauteng, is often used as a staging point for eastbound manganese trains, running from the Northern Cape mines to Cato Ri... (more)
On 19th & 20th May, five of the first ten Class 20E Bo-Bo dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Loc... (more)
A quartet of 6E1's all in Spoornet orange livery are heading east through Fochville with a block load of cement from Lichtenburg.
The luxury Blue Train, northbound from Cape Town to Pretoria, is framed by the rusting footbridge at Fochville station as it speeds through behind a pair of class 14E Bo-Bo electrics. These locomo... (more)
