The wheatfields are looking very nice from all the winter rains as 35485 with a short load heads up a climb towards Moorreesburg.

During August the Western Cape saw a lot of rain as is evident here while a class 35 passes by with a short load.

35037 leading the Malmesbury Metro north over some undulating terrain just before Fisantekraal station.

35482 and 35045 leads the Phelophepa 2 Health train on a test run from Saldanha to Cape Town here through Januarieskraal siding just outside Darling.

A single 35 approaching Fisantekraal with a string of cement wagons behind heading north to Saldanha.

The Malmesbury Metro behind a single Class 35 on a beautiful winter afternoon here between Klipheuwel and Wintervogel.

One of the early batch of the standard mixed traffic main line steam locomotives of the South African Railways departs from Koornburg with a mixed train bound for Malmesbury.

35465 with one empty and a shunters wagon about to duck underneath the R399 just before the De Hoek cement factory.

Crossing getting protected as the train pushes back to drop of the grain wagons, in front is the main line and the station to the right.

At Kalbaskraal the line going north splits, one going to Saldanha and the other to Malmesbury and further north from there. 35413 and 35446 departs Kalbaskraal for Saldanha with cement empties, al... (more)

35465 with its short train passes the grain silo at Korinberg, the train would stop here to drop off the 6 grain wagons.

Early on a sunny morning just north of Rust siding as a single class 35 leads a short train from Malmesbury to De Hoek.

A single class 35, 9 loads of coal and a shunters caboose make up a nice looking branch line train in the farmlands of the “Swartland” (the black country - named for the colour of its rich soil). ... (more)

A single GE class 35-400, working the weekday freight from Malmesbury to De Hoek, runs into a patch of sunlight near Rust siding in the Swartland region of the Western Cape. Fellow RP contributor ... (more)

The farmlands of the “Swartland” (the black country - named for the colour of its rich soil) surround the daily weekday freight from Malmesbury to the PPC cement factory at De Hoek, as it nears th... (more)