I love these machines

Greetings to Reese Lourens.My name is Roberto I was a train driver at Mbilo Depot, I don't remember the year and the date which this video was taken but if my memory serve me well it was 2009,2010 or2011 when I came down with a goods train consist of tanks from Danskraal Ladysmith Kwazulu Natal to Durban, when I got to Mooiriver Station just at the middle of the station I saw two whites guys with cameras pointing to our train, after we passed, through the station they run to the car which was waiting and went to the following stations Nottingham station, Balgowan station, Lions River station, Cedara station PMB station and the last station was Cato Ridge station. I will be happy if you can show me that video please if you still got it.

Probably the best Genuine SAR.Originals.Made in South Africa.

When the driver made the coupling at 2:50 did he "stretch the joint" to ensure the coupler pins dropped? Do train crew persons get anything like "three-point protection" when they go between cars and/or engines to couple air brake hoses?

Good video, do you know where I can go to film iron ore trains in South Africa? Plus, how bad is it in Africa crime wise?

Singing locomotives. Beautiful

Any pictures on the 1 e class

That was interesting🙋🙋🙋🙋

Yep Greetings to you I know and worked on those botterkoppe but cannot for the love of me tell you why they were called botterkoppe

The 6E was the work horses of the old SAR.They never complained,just got on with whatever tasks were to be done.Thier distinctive sound will live with me forever.Its a pity they are not used so much today in South Africa.Enjoy your retirement.

Now .....that's interesting to watch ....good one Reece ! 👏👏👏

We shunt 36 class GE

For 35 years

That's why I love my job I am from kingsrest Durban

Hello I am writing a book about South African railways and I am wondering if I can use photos from your videos I will give you full credit 😊thank you very much

I see some 7Es I miss them so much. I grew up watching them coming into Polokwane station from Pretoria

Ran on 25000 volts, those two particular units were at Richards Bay at one stage. Extremely powerful locomotives. They ran the Harbour Vryheid lines

In life you will get people who are unhappy in their job because of circumstances either beyond their control or their own choice. For some a job is just a job,not enjoying it. I might be wrong,but most of us in the comment section will be happy driving trains day in and out and wave to people. Me included. Trains are my happy place. Love it.❤️❤️

Wonderfull

Rail in sa is now basically nonexistent

I love the journey by train.

Nice

Beautiful. The sound of a 6E1 is like Springbok Radio... Remembered fondly by most.

Interesting to see electrics and diesels (ones not too different from ours in the US) running together, and the multiple sets of distributed power! Do you call distributed power over there? We call it DPU in the US and I guess they are referred to as bankers in Australia and other parts of the world.

The 5E and the 6E were horrible units to work on, particularly as an assistant. The dreaded pantograph greased pole should the pantograph air take not have enough pressure to raise the pantograph, then one would need to raise the pantograph manually. The last 6E1 I worked on was E1525

The 7E and 7E1 used to run between Richards Bay and Vryheid doing longhaul coal. 2km long trains pulled by 6 x 7E locomotives. From Richards Bay Main line 2 x 37 000 class GM's or the 34 600 Class GM's would complete the last haul to the Richards Bay harbour. These were known as "trekker'. Good old days

I worked on 7068 when she was in Richards Bay back in the early 80's

I wish I was there in person to see this! Wish I went there when I first seen footage one night in 1985 of the Kimberly - Deaar line.

Days gone by

Fills me with nostalgia. In the '70's I was a teacher in a railway village. Miss those days - I can still hear the sound of the diesel engines at night shunting in the yards

Love watching these clips on trains.

Thanks you so much for this video, and today i`m so far away from SENTRARAND ( 17000km ) in Azores my Country I`m retiered. Place were i work 23 years on 5Es 6Es 8Es 10E2 and 14Es but the 6Es where the most i rebuit so many HT frames. then i moved to the electronic room and I was on wheel slip section and a same time on reparing electronic PCBoards of the 10E2. End of the story I still missing SPORNET ( SENTRARAND ). God Blees South Africa.

The four resistance blowers do noy work at random!in both combinations ser and par they are activated when the throttle is opened from first notch to 19th full field in order to cool the prpgressive accell. Resistance banks.they cut out in weak field notch 20 to22.they run at idle during regen braking.when the throttle is moved forward again to reduce power and speed theblowers and resistorswill operate as inthe opening procedure.as we used to say ge korsten willagain start singing reen reen lieflike reen!

I don't know what South Africa is like now but when I visited in 1994 most people greeted me with what I thought then as an old fashioned politeness despite the economic inequality. I loved riding the trains. All those I rode were electric

These were the workhorses of SAR,and when they are taken off the line for good,Spoornet will regret it.It will be a major loss as to hear their sound was something else.What is Spoornet doing?Wasting a good machine,that's what.....

Wooow dit lyk soo flippen awesome en sou like om saam die drywer te kon ry en dai sound vann Diesel engine very nice since I was a kid I like trains

Great content mate, thank you. I miss the old SA trains and really enjoy content, such as yours. It's historically important.

My whole family we all in the railway and I remember my late oupa and uncle driving these Rova

My whole family we all in the railway and I remember my late oupa and uncle driving these Rova

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That blowers blows my mind,awesome,this is soulfood

1555 and 1175 were problem children when i was still an assistant betweenBeaufortand Worcester. Beautiful beast though

I worked as a train guard/conducted between 1984-1986,and these videos bring back very strong memories.Thankyou to SAR,you were the best.

i have been looking for soo long what it looks like in any south african train driver cab! finally i found the right vid thx!

HELLO OOMPIEEEEEE!!! 😂😂 1:00

nice video

Put on your high vis man in blue!!!!

I enjoy watching train's in Africa. Just like in the USA

The one with the noisy blowers

We called that one's the 7e botterkoppe