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Hi all.

This morning we left Welkom and noticed the RRL ore haulage in the station behind blue 35 class.

Then it was on to Bultfontein, some mielie trucks and petrol tankers we noticed. On past Protespan, Willemsrus, Tierfontein and Wesselsbron, all the silos had mielie trucks in them and Wesselsbron had 2x white Anhydrous Ammonia tankers waiting for the next pick-up.

As we approached Losdorings we saw a train heading out. We gave chase and at Ancona we got orange 34 031 on a load of mielies. We got her again at Rooiblom where the assistant had to change the points to enter the section to Allanridge. We left her there as she was waiting for authority to proceed from RTO Kroonstad.

Skoonspruit had one FZ, Scuttesdraai had no traffic, except for the damaged FZ's from a while back.

Bothaville had also been cleared of traffic.

On to Leeudoringstad we went. On arriving at the station we noticed all the signals were red. We decided to leave and head back. Just outside the town we got orange E 1620 on a long load of mielies, heading South.

Back to Welkom and we saw plenty of FZ's at Allanridge.

Greetings.
John & Jacque.