On the Gold One system near Randfontein, one of Sheltam's ex- South African Railways class 33-200 locomotives # 33-216 (EMD GL26MC), is running long hood forward as it leaves Mid-load junction to ... (more)

An Australian in South Africa.....ex-Queensland Railways class 2600 Goninan/GE U22C (rebuilt as C22-MMi) now belongs to African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS) and is seen operating on the Gold O... (more)

An Australian in South Africa.....this ex-Queensland Railways class 2600 Goninan/GE U22C (rebuilt as C22-MMi) now belongs to African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS) and has been leased to Sheltam... (more)

In 2012 a batch of 30 diesel and three electric ex-Queensland Railways locomotives was imported into South Africa from Australia by three South African companies - AR&TS, RRL Grindrod and SAFLog. ... (more)

Moments before sunset on a dry and dusty winter afternoon, a Sheltam C30-EMP hauls its train of hoppers loaded with gold bearing reef from Cooke 2 shaft to the reduction plant at Doornkop.

Sheltam # 3009 backs down the west leg of the triangle at Cooke 2 Shaft, to couple up to the empty hoppers placed there earlier in the morning by the night shift. The hoppers will be pushed throug... (more)

Sunrise on the Rand Uranium system, and Sheltam C30 # 3012 is crossing the R559 with the last train of the night shift, empties from Doornkop to Cooke 2 Shaft. The empties will be left at Cooke 2 ... (more)

After a complete overhaul, Sheltam's G18U is receiving a new coat of paint at Cooke Plant depot. This loco previously operated at Bank Colliery. In the left background is an EMD GT26MC, ex- SAR cl... (more)

Sheltam's newest C30-EMP and last of the batch of 20 built by GE (Brazil) in 2006, is now in service on the Rand Uranium system. It is seen arriving at Cooke Plant with a train of loaded hoppers p... (more)

The driver of Sheltam No.4 has signed off his load and hands the loadmaster his notebook, before departing Cooke 3 shaft with his train of 11 hoppers, carrying gold-bearing reef to the reduction p... (more)

A wave for the photographer from the driver of 6E1 E1367 at the head of the Johannesburg - Cape Town Premier Classe, as the train passes the Senwes grain silos at Middelvlei late on a winter after... (more)

The colours of winter on the South African highveld are evident in this shot of Sheltam's 3012 working through a rock cutting, as it takes 12 empty hoppers up the hill from Cooke Plant to Millsite... (more)

To position a train at Cooke Plant's unloading bins requires several reversing moves. After arriving from Millsite on the track on the right, 3012 has backed its load into the yard in the backgrou... (more)

Sheltam's 3012 kicks up dust as it leaves Millsite on the Rand Uranium system, with 12 hoppers of waste for processing at Cooke Plant. On the right is one of the derelict steam locomotives that ha... (more)

Sheltam's 3013 is passing through Mid-load, hauling 12 hoppers of waste from Cooke 3 shaft to Cooke plant for processing. Note the colour light signals. Mid-load is the junction for the line to Ha... (more)