The recommissioning of Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from #8) included a repaint in an eyecatching bright red livery. Here #2 smokes it up while hauling empties from Harmony One Plant to the exchang... (more)
Resplendent in its new red and orange livery, recommissioned Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from # 8) is heading away from the photographer towards Harmony's Bambanani mine, where it will reverse dir... (more)
Harmony Gold's # 1 hauls a train load of reef from Brand siding towards Harmony One Plant for processing. Brand siding is the exchange point, where RRL Grindrod locomotives hand over their loaded ... (more)
Fifty four years after being delivered to the South African Railways (SAR) from the USA, this class 31 Bo-Bo (GE U12B) survives in industrial service with RRL Grindrod. Previously SAR # 31-009, sh... (more)
A visit to the Harmony Gold locomotive depot revealed two historic gems sitting on a spur next to the workshop. These GE 65-tonners, formerly Free Gold No.6 and No.2, were built in Schenectady, NY... (more)
In the late afternoon, Harmony No.1 sits idling at Showgrounds exchange, waiting for one of the RRL locomotives to bring another load of ore from Friedesheim or Odendaalsrus on the north side of W... (more)
Visiting US railfan Ron McElrath (in safety vest) looks on as a train of hoppers is loaded at Harmony Gold's Unisel shaft. The foreman who escorted us on our visit is boarding the locomotive to ha... (more)
Harmony No.10, formerly Freegold's President Steyn mine No.10, hauling empties from Harmony One Plant, heading east to the exchange yard, where a Sheltam locomotive will take over and run to Harmo... (more)
Most of the gold bearing ore mined in the Welkom area goes to Harmony One Plant for processing. Harmony's No.10 is passing Harmony West Mine, formerly Freegold's President Brand mine No.4 shaft, w... (more)
Running long hood forward (and reminding me of a RS3!), Harmony No.1 arrives at Showgrounds Exchange with empty hoppers, to exchange with RRL Grindrod for loaded ones.