RailPictures.Net Photo: E8056 Transnet Freight Rail Class 8E (Electric) at Durban, South Africa by SAR Connecta

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» Transnet Freight Rail (more..)
» Class 8E (Electric) (more..)

» New Durban Yard
» Durban, South Africa (more..)
» April 07, 2012

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SAR Class 8E, E8056, in her original South African Railway livery (Red & Whiskers) is hard at work shunting a Metrorail 5M Motor Coach at New Durban Yard. E8056 is one of a hundred (excluding an additional seven that were built for the mining industry) in her class who were placed in service during 1983 and 1985 as modern electric shunting locomotives with centralised cabs that have two driving stations. With the non availability of spares the future of the Class 8Es is not too certain, with many having already succumbed to the shortage.

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Central Durban Album created by member SAR Connecta	Album Views: 10,113
Photos taken in the Durban area, from the PRASA / Metrorail yards just North of Durban Station to Rossburgh Station including the Bayhead yards and along the Esplanade, Maydon Wharf and around Durban Harbour.

Local Suburban / Metro Trains - South Africa Album created by member SAR Connecta	Album Views: 27,434
Local trains around South Africa. Metrorail, which falls under the PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) umbrella, is the national operator.

SAR / SAS "Red & Whisker" Collection Album created by member SAR Connecta	Album Views: 18,144
The red & whisker livery of the South African Railways / Suid Afrikaanse Spoorwee collection. Getting harder to find examples of this fantastic and much loved livery still in service!

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