International Railroad Discussion > South African industrial steam -- REGM part two

1.  These are all taken May 1984.  GMAM R-12 "Barbara"  brewing up in the morning.

2.  Same loco heads to Cooke Plant with the first loads of the day. That's not a volcano in the background but a pile of mine tailings.

3.  GMAM R-16 "Wendy" heads to Millsite on the old line.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/15/16 18:15 by masterphots.

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4,  4-8-2 R3 on shed. 

5.  GMAM R16 at Cook shaft 3.

6.  4-8-2 R1 on a stores train.

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Pretty amazing stuff. that's a serious tailing pile.
Any idea what is operating? Did everything simply switch to diesels?

I also remember seeing photos of the Garratts in blue. Maybe that came later.

TCnR Wrote:
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> Pretty amazing stuff. that's a serious tailing
> pile.
> Any idea what is operating? Did everything simply
> switch to diesels?

Some of the shafts are two miles deep so a lot of dirt was removed.  btw,  the big pipes along the railway near the shafts are for air supply.  No idea what is operating there today. A lot of gold mines closed down at the turn of the century due to lower prices in the gold markets, higher labor costs and the like.  If they do operate a railway today,  the diesels would be from a contract operator,  rather than Transnet (former SAR).  I'd like to go over there and chase industrial diesels for a month but probably won't happen.

REGM Changed name to Randfontein Estates, Ltd. In March 2000 the company was acquired by the Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
http://listofcompanies.co.in/randfontein-estates-limited/

The current ore haulage contract is held by Sheltam Limited, who operate out of the old REGM loco facility

http://www.sheltam.com/content/gold-industry

Sheltam use a mixture of ex Transnet locos, as well as a batch of C30-EMP purchased from GE do Brazil in 2007