Hi all.
Yesterday we caught orange 34 031 at Welkom station, waiting for the right of way to Kroonstad. The load consisted of mielie trucks and a couple of petrol tankers, most probably the pick-up. She stood quite a while before proceeding.
Today we got orange 34 058 & Spoornet maroon 34 067 heading through Welkom en-route to Friedesheim. Later at Friedesheim we caught them busy shunting the Mondi timber sidings. After the shunting was completed she headed off towards the mine exchange yard at the old showgrounds for some traffic to clear.
We then headed off towards Hennenman. Here we found both North and Southbound signals green but no trains. We expected the car train but we had to leave before she came through.
We decided to head back to Welkom along the service roads. Between Mooiveld and Kaalvlei, where the mine rails head over the Spoornet lines to old Saaiplaas 5# we got 34 058 & 34 067 again, now heading to Kroonstad at quite a pace. The load now included some lime tankers as well.
The only other trains we saw was the RRL ore haulage.
Greetings.
John & Jacque.
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