Not much is known about this little GE 40-tonner, except that it once operated at Eskom's Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga. It is currently based at Sheltam's Saaiplaas depot in Virginia.
On a quiet Saturday afternoon Sheltam no.4 sits waiting for its next assignment on the Harmony Gold system. Until recently, this loco was based at Randfontein, working on the Rand Uranium system.
Fifty two years after being delivered to the South African Railways from the USA, the first of the class 31 Bo-Bo's (GE U12B) survives in service with Sheltam, but rebuilt with a low short hood. N... (more)
At the end of their shift, the crew of 2013 leave their locomotive to make their way home. Introduced to service in South West Africa (now Namibia) in 1966, this former SAR class 32-200 survives i... (more)
In the early 1960's, the South African Railways dieselised the railway system in South West Africa (now Namibia), with 115 class 32's (U18C1) imported from GE in the USA. Special bogies were fitte... (more)