Four of the ageing GE class 34 U26C's allocated to Millsite depot in Krugersdorp are working a container train to Mafikeng, working hard up the 1 in 40 grade out of the Magaliesburg valley. This l... (more)
Four of the ageing GE class 34 U26C's allocated to Millsite depot in Krugersdorp are working a container train to Mafikeng, here slowly making their way down the long grade into Magaliesburg. The ... (more)
Westbound trains passing through Magaliesburg face a stiff climb up 1 in 40 grades out of the valley towards Watershed and Vlakdrif. This trio of class 34's, led by 34-120 in original SAR red live... (more)
Still sporting its original SAR red livery, GE class 34 #34-120 leads two stablemates in Spoornet blue livery, as they sweep around the long curve at Orient with a westbound container train bound ... (more)
Forty years after delivery of the last GE U26C class 34 diesels to the South African Railways (SAR) in 1973, some of these veterans continue to survive in their original SAR red livery with yellow... (more)
TRAINS CAN KILL.... to make motorists more aware of the dangers of arguing with a train, Transnet Freight Rail has erected large billboards at certain level crossings along the secondary main line... (more)
Loaded fuel tankers for Botswana head down the long grade into the Magaliesburg valley, behind four class 34 GE U26C's, led by no. 34-120 in original SAR red livery.
Early morning sunlight catches three class 34 GE U26C's grinding uphill out of the Magaliesburg valley with empty fuel tankers from the neighbouring country of Botswana. The covered goods wagon be... (more)
Currently the only operational GMAM garratt locomotive in South Africa, no.4079 "Lyndie Lou" is owned by the Sandstone Heritage Trust and is on loan to Reefsteamers. Here she is seen blasting up t... (more)
In steam days, Magaliesburg station was an important watering point, as all trains faced long climbs out of the station in both directions - east to Krugersdorp, or west to Zeerust. The line was d... (more)
Four class 34's sweep around the curve approaching Orient level crossing with 36 loaded fuel tankers, bound for Botswana. These locomotives will take the train as far as Mafikeng, where Botswana R... (more)
