Trip to Bloemhof

Hi all.

We had a trip to Bloemhof today and can share the following with you.

Firstly as we arrived at the station we found 2x 10E's (SAR maroon E 10 104 & Spoornet blue E 10 043) busy shunting mielie trucks in and out of the silos. This went on for quite a while and they only left much later, heading North, E 10 034 leading.

Not to long after this we caught the Northbound Tourist Trans Karoo. She stopped at Bloemhof but according to our timetable this is / was not a scheduled stop ? After a couple of minutes she left behind Spoornet orange 6E1 1286, just behind the unit was a blue steam car, blowing off steam through the vent in the roof. The rest of the train was in Shosholoza Meyl colours with the car carrier bringing up the rear. A delicious smell of frying bacon filled the air as the kitchen car passed us.

The rest of the day was spent in the vicinity of the station area but no further trains were seen.

Greetings.
John & Jacque.