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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 1 no. 1 15-044 |
| Description: |
A loaded 342-wagon iron ore train arriving from Sishen in the Northern Cape and led by Class 15E 15-044, passes through the departure yard before entering the main yard at Salkor, where the train will be broken up into its three 114-wagon sections before being taken to the unloading docks in Saldanha.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:29:45 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 15-044(15E) |
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730 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 1 no. 2 34-009 |
| Description: |
The middle locomotive in the leading consist, Class 34-000 34-009.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-000. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:30:37 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 34-009(U26C) |
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611 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 1 no. 3 34-525 |
| Description: |
The third locomotive in the leading consist, Class 34-500 34-525.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-500. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:31:09 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 34-525(U26C) |
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436 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 2 no. 1 15-043 |
| Description: |
The leading locomotive in the second consist, Class 15E 15-043.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:31:40 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 15-043(15E) |
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463 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 2 no. 2 34-515 |
| Description: |
The second locomotive in the second consist, Class 34-500 34-515.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-500. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:32:39 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 34-515(U26C) |
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417 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 3 no. 1 E9025 |
| Description: |
The leading locomotive in the third consist, Class 9E E9025.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 9E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:33:48 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS E9025(9E) |
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465 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 3 no. 2 34-035 |
| Description: |
The second locomotive in the third consist, Class 34-000 34-035.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-000. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:34:24 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 34-035(U26C) |
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428 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival, consist 3 no. E9025 & 34-035 |
| Description: |
The third consist, Class 9E E9025 and Class 34-000 34-035, working 2.5 kilometres behind the head-end power.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 9E, Series 1 and South African Class 34-000. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:34:59 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS E9025(9E) SAS 34-035(U26C) |
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543 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival pusher E9011 |
| Description: |
The sole pusher at the rear end of the 3.72 kilometres long ore train, Class 9E E9011. It has a Telemeter (rear end device) attached to its front coupler.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 9E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:35:43 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS E9011(9E) |
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675 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arrival pusher E9011 |
| Description: |
The sole pusher at the rear end of the 34,200 ton payload ore train, Class 9E E9011. It has a Telemeter (rear end device) attached to its front coupler.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 9E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:36:19 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS E9011(9E) |
| Views: |
479 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Locomotive preparation |
| Description: |
All locomotives pass though the shops before being dispatched on a return trip to Sishen. Before the window cleaner starts work on Class 9E E9006, he attaches a monkey chain (a nylon strap in this case) to one of the grabs above the windscreens - it's about four metres down to the shop floor!
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 9E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:38:09 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS E9006(9E) |
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667 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Assembly of locomotive consists |
| Description: |
Power sets are consisted in the Salkor yard, to take empties back to Sishen. Visible in the foreground are 34-039, 34-524 and 34-504. There are more Class 34s in the background, as well as a Class 9E, some Class 43-000s and several Class 15Es.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 34-000 and South African Class 34-500. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:38:43 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 34-039(U26C) SAS 34-524(U26C) SAS 34-504(U26C) |
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642 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 1 no. 1 15-033 |
| Description: |
The leading consist of the first third of a Sishen-bound train of 342 empty wagons approaches the end of one of the two departure lines in the train assembly yard just to the north of the Salkor Yard in Saldanha, led by Class 15E 15-033. The end of its 114-wagon section will be directly below the footbridge in the background when it is in position to wait for the second and third train sections to arrive.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:39:32 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 15-033(15E) |
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484 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 1 no. 2 43-080 |
| Description: |
The second locomotive in the leading consist, Class 43-000 43-080.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 43-000. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:40:30 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-080(Unknown) |
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523 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 no. 1 43-071 |
| Description: |
The leading locomotive in the second consist, Class 43-000 43-071, which is actually slaved to the Class 15E behind it, leads the second 114-wagon section en route to be coupled to the first consist. The driver is in the cab of the Class 15E, hence the lookout on the back of 43-071.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 43-000. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:41:45 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) |
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543 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 no. 2 15-019 |
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The second locomotive in the second consist, Class 15E 15-019, is the master of the second consist even though it’s running behind its diesel slave.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:42:25 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 15-019(15E) |
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443 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 moving into position |
| Description: |
The second train section still has more than a kilometre to go before it will reach the end of the first train section.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 43-000 and South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:43:06 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) SAS 15-019(15E) |
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469 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 moving into position |
| Description: |
There are two of these footbridges across the two outbound lines in the departure yard, built at the spots where the locomotive consists of the second and third train sections will be located when they are coupled to the first section, so as to enable crews to cross the lines safely to where their minibus transport will pick them up after coupling up.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 43-000 and South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:43:49 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) SAS 15-019(15E) |
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527 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 moving into position |
| Description: |
The second train section is slowly approaching the end of the first section where it is stopped under the first footbridge.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 43-000 and South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:44:25 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) SAS 15-019(15E) |
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476 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, train section 2 in position |
| Description: |
The second train section is in position, with its end directly under the second footbridge and awaiting the arrival and coupling of the third and last train section. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:45:04 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
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438 Comments: 0 |
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