Hi all.
Today our first sighting was at Theron. Here we got the yellow & blue Plasserail Infrastructure Measuring Vehicle heading North. Even the Plasser staff have started greeting us lineside with a couple of blasts of the siren / hooter.
Next stop was at Brandfort, here we got SAR maroon E 1613, heading North - light loco.
Then just before Tierfontein we got the Matiza - Ballast Tamping Machine, busy just after the bridge over the Vet River.
Last sighting was at Wesselsbron. Here the station had 3 lines filled with mielie trucks. A train was standing on the main line, pointing towards Ancona. Orange 34 043 & orange 34 058 were at the head, orange Shunting Personnel Kroonstad van at the rear. On closer inspection this train was devoid of any crew, staged for the night. We noticed that the points now all have a spring-loaded "safety bar" across the arm that connects to the blades - this is to stop the train movements / vibration from moving the point blades underneath a truck. This was first seen on the mines in our area some time back already.
We headed back via the line towards Allanridge. At Ancona / Rooiblom we noticed a yellow sign before the points at the warning board: " No Simultaneous Entry / Geen Gelyktydige Binnelating." This was next to a 20Km/h speed restriction board. At Rooiblom the line branches off towards Bultfontein and Vierfontein. Many years ago there was a triangle here, the top leg has been lifted. This used to be Rooiblom / Rooiblom Oos / Rooiblom Wes. We will have a look in the OFS Local Appendix and find the operating instructions for this triangle, quite interesting.
Greetings.
J & J.
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