The sun has already set on another cloudless winter day in the Free State, as Sheltam's #1202 (ex- SAR 31-001) running long hood forward, hauls its train of empty hoppers from Harmony Gold's Centr... (more)
The late afternoon light catches Sheltam's #1202 (ex- SAR class 31-001) unloading waste from Harmony Gold's Masimong 4 shaft at Central Plant. Sheltam operates the eastern end of the Harmony Gold ... (more)
Sheltam's ex- SAR class 31 #1202 climbs the grade away from Harmony Gold's Central Plant with its train of empty hoppers, returning to Masimong 4 shaft to collect another load of waste for process... (more)
The first General Electric diesel-electric locomotives ordered by the South African Railways (SAR) were the class 31 (GE U12B), imported from the USA and placed in service in 1958. All have been w... (more)
The recommissioning of Harmony Gold #2 in 2010 (renumbered from #8) included a repaint in an eyecatching bright red livery. Seen here at Unicel shaft, #2 is waiting with its train of empty hoppers... (more)
Harmony Gold's GE 65-tonner # 6, built in 1950 and imported from Schenectady, NY, USA hauls 5 empty hoppers from Bambanani East to the workshops. At 63 years of age, this is most likely the oldest... (more)
These two GE 65-tonners, built in 1950 and imported from Schenectady, NY bask in the sunshine on a beautiful winter morning outside the Harmony Gold loco workshop. Both locomotives are still in op... (more)
The recommissioning of Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from #8) included a repaint in an eyecatching bright red livery. Here #2 smokes it up while hauling empties from Harmony One Plant to the exchang... (more)
Resplendent in its new red and orange livery, recommissioned Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from # 8) is heading away from the photographer towards Harmony's Bambanani mine, where it will reverse dir... (more)
Harmony Gold's # 1 hauls a train load of reef from Brand siding towards Harmony One Plant for processing. Brand siding is the exchange point, where RRL Grindrod locomotives hand over their loaded ... (more)