TRANSNET freight rail Daily Grain Train to Dal Josafat & back

TRANSNET freight rail daily Grain Train to Dal Josafat & back. Today no class 18E electric locomotives to take the train out to Meadow Feeds in Paarl. Two class 35's will do the shunting at the non-electrified Dal Josafat siding. The friendly driver is Sebastiaan Bester.

TRANSNET freight rail Diesels Ammonia delivery to MELLISH using a shunte...

TRANSNET freight rail Diesels (1) Light running; (2) Another pair with an Ammonia delivery to MELLISH siding using the BELLVILLE shunter wagon. The ammonia is used to make the cattle feed at Braam's Voerkrale more edible for the animals. Note the use of buffer wagons to protect staff from the dangerous gas in the tanker.

2009-07-07: Going to work in the Overberg?

09:20AM 35-443, 35-066 and 35-499 speed off, presumably to pickup a freight in the Overberg area.

2009-06-19: Going to work in the Overberg ...

09:45AM These 4 diesels are on their way, presumably to the Overberg region, to fetch a train.


They (35-009, 35-417, 35-054 and 35-499) come to a brief 2 minute halt to sort out some problem - here one of the crew gets off from the front unit


and mounts the third last unit.









The problem is fixed, and the consist speeds off again