Retired E9008 sits quietly on the side while the class 15Es on the left are being prepared for the next trip up north.
E9008 is at the back of an empty ore train passing through a cut between Loop 6 and 7 north of Loeriesfontein.
An empty ore train is heading back to the mines having just gone through a big cut between Loop 6 & 7 with E9008 at the back.
Not many of these 9E locos are left in service, the few that still run are used at the end of the the ore trains. Here E9008 assist a loaded ore train curving around Elands Bay heading down to Sal... (more)