Hi Guys.
Not much this week.
34 039 was shunting the ballast siding at Virginia, the sleepers are now also being removed on the uplifted Glen Harmony line.
RRL's 31 class was spotted crossing State Way with a load of ore for the gold plant, again the 31 class heading through Friedesheim en-route to Odendaalsrus.
The 2x 36 classes are shunting the petrol sidings at Hamilton. Have a look if you zoom into the photo of Hamilton station's name board on the left...
The railway line behind Sheltam's depot to the old Gold plant is being uplifted, the waste rock dump at old Saaiplaas 4 shaft is being reworked, so Sheltam has got some more work - they are not very busy.
An old "sparky" from Anglo Gold told us that before the railway line was built between Saaiplaas 4 & 5 shafts they had an underground electrical railway between the two shafts running on 250V DC. They used a modified
battery loco for this. Don't know how true this is...
Cheers.
J & J.
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