E7111 and E7245 depart the Richards Bay coal terminal with coal empties behind.

On a windy autumn afternoon, Class 7E1 E7111 (Red Transnet Freight Rail Livery) & Class 7E3 Series 1 E7245 (Orange Spoornet Livery), work empty coal type wagons out of the Richards Bay Coal Termin... (more)

All South African electric locomotives up to and including the Class 7E's were bidirectional. That came to an end with the arrival of the Class 7E1's, with a cab at one end only.