The temperature is 1 degree celsius on a sunny winter morning as Sheltam's 3013 departs Cooke 3 shaft with its first job of the day - a load of waste for processing at Cooke plant.

Unloading at Cooke Plant is complete and No.3013 is ready to haul the empties back up the grade to Millsite, to collect another load of mine tailings. This operation continues 24/7, with at least ... (more)

The first diesel electrics to operate in South Africa were 45 Class 31’s (GE U12B), delivered to the South African Railways from the USA in 1958. Fifty two years later, three class 31’s survi... (more)

After bringing in another load of empties from Cooke Plant, one of Sheltam's big GE's imported from Brazil is ready to depart from Millsite with a loaded train of mine tailings. Since the C30's ha... (more)

One of Sheltam's big GE's imported from Brazil is ready to leave Millsite for Cooke Plant with a load of mine tailings. These locomotives are possibly the first ever in South Africa to be fitted w... (more)

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" climbs the grade from Middelvlei, passing the newly opened Lafarge Cement plant, as clouds move in from the south.

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" is 42 km from its final destination, as it passes Rand Uranium's large mine dump between Robinson and Millsite. The dump is being processed to extract... (more)

With just under 6 hours to go until New Year, the staff have gone home early and all is quiet at the Middelvlei grain silos. Middelvlei station was closed several years ago - the sidings have sinc... (more)

Cinderella and her ugly sister! Newly outshopped 6E1 E1657 in purple "Shosholoza Meyl" livery, teams up with a very grubby E1496 in original SAR red to work the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier C... (more)

Sheltam no.5 is a 32-year old U26C which still puts in a full days work on the Rand Uranium railway at Randfontein. No.5 is picking up a load of reef at Cooke 1 for the reduction plant at Doornkop... (more)

While storm clouds gather in the distance, Sheltam no.4 (ex-SAR class 34-200, EMD 1971) works a load of empties uphill from Rand Uranium's Cooke Plant to the loading point at Millsite (see photo I... (more)

Sheltam no.4 (ex-SAR class 34-200, EMD 1971) loading ore from the bins at Cooke 3 shaft. From here this train will run 12km (8 miles) to Cooke Reduction Plant.

Sheltam no.4 (ex-SAR class 34-200, EMD 1971) departs from Cooke 3 shaft with 11 loaded ore hoppers, bound for Cooke reduction plant.

Sheltam no.5 is a 32-year old U26C which still puts in a full days work on the Rand Uranium railway at Randfontein, seen here departing Millsite with another load of hoppers for Cooke Plant.

Running long hood forward on this trip, Sheltam no.5 kicks up dust as it heads back up to Millsite from Cooke Plant with empty hoppers which will be exchanged for full ones.