The orange livery of these three class 6E1's (E1330, E1476 & E1416) provides a welcome splash of colour amid the shades of winter browns on the South African highveld. This train of cement empties... (more)
Class 6E1's E1330, E1476 & E1416 (running dead) are headed for Coligny with a string of empties, used for transporting bagged cement. From Coligny a local diesel hauler will most likely take the ... (more)
Class 6E1's E1403 & E1300 thread their way through a maze of catenary masts at Welverdiend, with the Cape Town to Johannesburg "Premier Classe" train.
On the last leg of its journey from Cape Town to Johannesburg, the "Premier Classe" train is occasionally routed via Westonaria and Suurbekom, instead of Randfontein. After crossing a Metrorail EM... (more)
Two class 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery, E1403 & E1300, are working the 16-car Premier Classe train from Cape Town to Johannesburg, seen here north of Potchefstroom, between Frederikstad and Gat... (more)
A pair of class 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery, E1235 & E1230, approach Arbor station with an eastbound block load of empty timber wagons (note the different pantographs on the two locomotives). ... (more)
Shortly after sunrise, three class 6E1's led by E1579, run through Arbor station with a westbound block load of coal. It is two years since the semaphore signals here were replaced with colour lig... (more)
The "month-end Fridays only" Shosholoza Meyl "Tourism" from Johannesburg to East London is seen southbound near Meyerton behind class 6E1 E1593 in original SAR red livery. The train is ferrying tw... (more)
Class 6E1 E1353 is seen leaving Rooiwal on Easter Monday morning, working a holiday extra from East London to Johannesburg. The load consists of passenger cars in the old Spoornet blue & grey live... (more)
The Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg "Tourism", speeds north on the Free State main line between Serfontein and Rooiwal behind Class 6E1 E1616, still sporting its original South African Railways red... (more)
A trio of Class 6E1's move out of Bellville Yard with the daily 15:00 northward bound goods train.
A pair of Class 6E1s wait for their crew to arrive, ready to depart towards Kimberley.
A pair of Class 6E1s, heading northeast from Kimberley, arrive at Warrenton with a train of lime wagons.
Passing through Kaalfontein with a string of empty coal wagons. The middle of the three locomotives is an older Class 6E.
Passing through Kaalfontein with a mixed goods train.
