15062 approaches Loop 6 with a loaded ore train behind in the late afternoon. The first and second helper locos can be seen in the distance with the third one just out of site.
Class 9E 9023 brings up the rear of a loaded ore train as it passes through a S curve between Loop 7 & 8 in the Northern Cape. The second helper loco can also be seen in the distance.
Electric and diesel traction working together to take an emptry ore train back to Sishen, about to cross the Olifantsrivier (Elephant river) bridge outside Vredendal.
A loaded ore train on the left is parked in Loop 7 while an empty one on the right passes by with rain building up in the distance.
A loaded ore train snakes through a S curve in the late afternoon between Loop 6 & 7 with some thunder clouds building up in the back.
43088 leads a short train north approaching Loop 2 on the West Coast to cross a loaded ore train heading south to Saldanha.
An empty ore train appears through a cut as it crosses the Kromrivier in the Northern Cape between Loop 6 and 7.
A loaded ore train is close to its destination at Saldanha, seen here crossing the Berg river outside Velddrif.
Two class 43s approach Loop 7 with a string of empties on another hot day in the Northern Cape.
15070 runs around its empty train back to the depot at Saldanha after picking up problems and unable to continue further.
The sun has set behind the mountains in the Namaqualand as an empty ore train continues its journey north into the night.
15025 and 15071 lead an empty ore train north here across the Kromrivier bridge.
An empty ore train runs around a loaded one standing in Loop 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.
A pace shot of 15069 leading a loaded ore train here between Loop 7 and 6 in the Northern Cape.