A friendly wave from the driver of 15055 as this loaded ore train gets up to speed again after a crossing back in Loop 5.
15065 sits outside the electric loco service facility in the Salkor yard. Taken with permission.
A loaded ore train heads west towards Loop 6. The A, B and C locos can be seen in the distance with E9025 at the back.
An empty ore train heads north past Strandfontein with loop 3 just behind the hill in the distance where the tower is at.
An empty ore train passes a big patch of wild flowers just south of Elands Bay which is a common sight all over the west coast during late winter/early spring.
Loads and empties crossing in loop 1 in the late afternoon.
Smoke is still hanging in the air from a nearby wild fire as an empty ore train passes by with E9014 at the back. These locos have since been retired.
An empty ore train heads north here between Loop 4 and 5 with 15037 at the front.
Two class 15Es lead a loaded ore train west here between Loop 6 and 7 in the afternoon.
15055 is at the front of a loaded ore train approaching Loop 5 where it will stop to cross an empty train heading north.
A pan shot of the class leader 15001 at the back end of an empty ore train heading north.
An empty ore train heads back to the mines north of Velddrif here in the late afternoon.
A loaded ore train passes through Loop 7 heading into the setting sun at the end of another hot day in the Northern Cape.
Three class 15Es lead a short ore train west through this very dry area north of Vanrhynsdorp.
It is not often that one sees a single loco at the front of an empty ore train as was the case here with 15036 leading the train away from Saldanha back north.
