After the saga of the self-igniting 14Es, the Blue Train was hauled for a while by 18Es, the standard 3kV DC electric unit in South Africa. Haulage on the... (more)
The first 10 of a total of 80 Class 20Es were built in China by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company in 2013, the rest were built locally. Only 20-0... (more)
The 14Es were the first dual-voltage (3kV DC and 25kV AC) electric locos built for South Africa. The class leaders 14-001 to 14-003 were built in 1994 b... (more)
Class 24 3664 and 19D 2650 perform a runpast at Capital Park shed as part of a FOTR steam weekend to Cullinan (that actually never got there because some of the branch-line tracks had been stolen!... (more)
The first rays of the sun find 4x18Es returning a block-load of coal empties from Springs to the coal mines at Witbank. The end of the train can bee seen stretching to the left behind the locos