Four class 43s with only the first two running, wait in loop 1 with a load from the Namaqua Sands plant for a crossing with an empty ore train.
An empty ore train heads north just outside Velddrif with 15075 at the front.
Two class 43s lead a ballast train up the grade outside Velddrif towards loop 1.
Two class 35s run light past the Red Devil transfer train here at Malan.
Late in the afternoon in Elands Bay as an empty ore train with 15007 at the back heads past.
The Phelophepa health train have arrived here at Saldanha station. The train was actually pushed in from the left due to the station not being used anymore and the locos unable to run around the t... (more)
35477 leads the Phelophepa health train through Hopefield heading to Saldanha.
It's flower season on the west coast with a lot of pink and orange patches in this scene just south of Elands Bay as an empty ore train rolls past.
Three class 35s with the Phelophepa health train have arrived here at the Langeenheid yard with a batch a of yellow wild flowers providing some colour to the scene.
An empty ore train heads north through a green country side from the recent winter rains.
Heading back to Cape Town on a sunny Sunday morning a couple of km outside Piketberg.
Dominique leading the Ceres Rail train back to Cape Town past a big patch of yellow wild flowers between Malmesbury and Moorreesburg.
35485 leads a grain train from Caledon back to Bellville on a sunny afternoon.
A short Ceres Rail train approaches Niekerkshek siding just behind me on day 2 of the transfer trip between Ceres and Voorbaai.
A loaded ore train passes through loop 2 which is a few km north of Elands Bay in the distance by the mountain.