Trainspotting in the Karoo

[@marval44039]

Beautiful compilation. It was a nice busy couple of days for you. I enjoyed all the clips, particularly the Rovos ones, and that of the class 43GE's making very light work of that maganese train. That train was really flying past you @30:12

[@Imsaptouw]

Hell yeah it was, had to make the most of my 3 days, it was awesome man, the chase is so invigorating, deciding on the fly where to stop next. Those 43GEs are just absolute beasts my man, as you already know.

[@modelcreationz]

❤ Trains

[@greyghostm8146]

Greetings from Japan. Any chance you could go live, please?

[@Imsaptouw]

Unfortunately not, rail activities are not as frequent here as they are elsewhere.

[@nigellennert8967]

Hi if the electric locos are used from worcester to Beaufort west, why did they use the class 43s to haul the 18es

[@Imsaptouw]

Because the 18es dont run to Worcester, they run to Salbar which is the siding at the tunnels.

[@fanie747]

Excellent!

[@Imsaptouw]

Dankie Oom!!

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Regarding crew changes as seen here, what are the maximum hours of service a train crew can work? In the U.S. it's 12 hours by federal law.

[@Imsaptouw]

I think its 12 hours here aswell.

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@Imsaptouw Thanks!

[@nigellennert8967]

Thanks for this video you must have been tired after such a long day

[@Imsaptouw]

I was very tired indeed

[@gordonvincent731]

Who built the diesel locomotives? What horsepower are they?

[@Imsaptouw]

Which diesels are you refering to?

[@gordonvincent731]

Sorry about that, I should have been more specific. The diesels at the beginning of the video.

[@Imsaptouw]

@@gordonvincent731 Class 43-000 General Electric type C30ACi diesel-electric locomotives, 3000-3300hp

[@gordonvincent731]

@@Imsaptouw OK, now I know, thanks for the info.

[@leonvanderlinde5580]

Couldn't they get dirtier locomotives for Rovos Rail!. Di8sgusting.

[@Imsaptouw]

Transnet has no specific units for the rovos, unless its rovos' own units.