A loaded ore train with 15017 and 15053 leading slowly accelerate out of Loop 7 after a crossing passing here through the rocky hills of this barren area.

A loaded ore train drops down the grade with E9014 at the back and also some extra covered wagons added on behind the ore wagons.

An empty ore train runs through the barren landscape on the west coast north of Lamberts Bay back to Sishen.

The front of a loaded ore train is already in Loop 2 up ahead with 15025 bringing up the rear.

The back end of an empty ore train passes by in the late afternoon with the head end already gone underneath the Bobbejaansberg (baboon mountain) on the right with 15055 at the back.

The sun is about to set over the Atlantic ocean as we are treated to one final train for the day. Here a loaded ore train heads down the coast to Saldanha with E9025 at the back.

15065 leads an empty ore train north as it is about to pass through Loop 1 at Dwarskersbos.

A loaded ore train passes through Elands Bay in the afternoon with 15069 in the lead.

It is late on a hot summers night with a full moon illuminating the Bobbejaansberg (Baboon mountian) as a loaded ore train passes through the only tunnel on this line.

An empty ore train runs around Lamberts Bay on the West Coast with 15023 in the lead.

E9006 assists at the back of an empty ore train passing through Elands Bay in the afternoon.

An empty ore train heads north between Elands Bay and Loop 2 with a class 15 electric and 43 diesel in the lead.

Two class 43s approach with a short load and about to pull into Loop 2 to cross an approaching loaded ore train.

15070 was leading an empty ore train when it picked up a problem. Here it has uncoupled from the train while 15013 has arrived from the depot to lead the train further while 15070 would return to ... (more)

What better way to spent your birthday than to go chase trains! Here a loaded ore train starts heading down a slight grade for the last part of the journey into Saldanha.