34 529 grinds up the bank from the iron-ore tippler at the Port of Saldanha with 108 empty ore wagons (plus 2 dollies). This was originally part of a 324 wagon train from Sishen that was split up ... (more)

Class 15Es numbers 56 and 39 lead an empty ore train north just before Elands Bay.

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)

Although the transport of iron ore is the Sishen - Saldanha line's main function, other traffic is also carried. Here, locos 43 088 and 43 070 hammer through Loop 1 at line speed with a string of ... (more)

At the end of a 861 km journey, 15 035 and 43 092 bring their 324 wagon train into Salkor. Another 4 locomotives are cut into the train at various places to assist and are controlled on a RDP (Rad... (more)

The last light of the day is quickly fading away as a class 15E electric loco and class 43 diesel (GE C30-ACi) wait in Loop 2 on the Sishen - Saldanha ore line with an empty train behind for an ap... (more)

The silence of the small coastal town of Elands Bay is disturbed by a loaded iron ore train consisting of 342 wagons about 3,7km in length passing through, traveling from Sishen in the Northen Cap... (more)

Transnet Freight Rail's 861km Sishen - Saldanha operation runs the longest regular bulk-freight trains in the world. With 342 type CR iron-ore wagons and 8 Radio Controlled Distributed Power loco... (more)

A brand new Class 15E locomotive for the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line is backed out of the assembly shop after the final step in the construction process, mounting the new locomotive on her own b... (more)

A lashup of three Class 9E electric locomotives and four Class 34-400 diesels are ready to head back to Sishen with 215 empty iron ore wagons as soon as the electrics have their pantographs raise... (more)

Interesting consist leading this empty ore train, an electric, a passenger car and 3 diesels which were working quite hard as is evident by the smoke.

New track is being laid in the back, here empty ballast wagons are being pushed away to a siding behind.

E9019 leads an empty ore train out of the Orex yard at Saldanha, at this point it had still its pantograph down with diesels behind it doing all the work.

Today was my birthday and what better way to spend it than to go chase trains! Here 2 class 34s and class 9E electric pushes at the back of a very long empty ore train.

The diesels that were originally owned by ISCOR (then owner of the Sishen Iron Ore Mine) are now all part of the Spoornet fleet, but they still work exclusively on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore lin... (more)