An empty ore train is busy crossing over the Olifantsrivier (Elephant river) outside Vredendal which is about one kilometer in length. The third helper loco can be seen just on the other side of t... (more)
15023 and 43079 lead another load of empties back to the mines running here through the sand dunes outside Lamberts Bay which can be seen in the back on the right.
The west coast is known for all the colourful wild flowers during spring season. Here 15024 leads an empty train past a batch of yellow flowers just north of Loop 1.
15073 assists at the back of an empty ore train as it passes through loop 1 at Dwarskersbos with some thunder clouds building up in the distance.
15038 leads an empty ore train north through Elands Bay passing through the only tunnel on this line.
The first part of a loaded ore train behind 15068 has just gone through Loop 2 to the left out of the picture heading south to Saldanha.
Class 15Es numbers 56 and 39 lead an empty ore train north just before Elands Bay.
The last light of the day is quickly fading away as a class 15E electric loco and class 43 diesel (GE C30-ACi) wait in Loop 2 on the Sishen - Saldanha ore line with an empty train behind for an ap... (more)
The silence of the small coastal town of Elands Bay is disturbed by a loaded iron ore train consisting of 342 wagons about 3,7km in length passing through, traveling from Sishen in the Northen Cap... (more)