Awesome video. What i like most about this corridor besides the sheer length of these trains is that this is the only corridor where you see electric and diesl locomotives working in tandem. Those 43GEs at the end sounded absolutely amazing.
So, its a total of 4 x 25kV electric units and 4 x diesels with MU remote working. I wonder if it is the ESCOM factor that made include the diesels to not have a stranded and stationary train in the middle of nowhere in the Karoo that prompted that. Burning diesel while it could have run of the grid. Good old Escom, thank you!
Awesome video. What i like most about this corridor besides the sheer length of these trains is that this is the only corridor where you see electric and diesl locomotives working in tandem. Those 43GEs at the end sounded absolutely amazing.
Awesome compilation
Wow😮
So, its a total of 4 x 25kV electric units and 4 x diesels with MU remote working. I wonder if it is the ESCOM factor that made include the diesels to not have a stranded and stationary train in the middle of nowhere in the Karoo that prompted that. Burning diesel while it could have run of the grid. Good old Escom, thank you!
Not 25 KV but it’s 50 KV
@@HloniT03 Correct! But the original electrics were also capable of handling as low as 25kV in sections between feeder substation. Thank you!
Thanks Fanie. How many wagons was it per train
I'm not 100% sure but think it's 342 wagons for the iron ore trains and 372 for manganese trains.