SISHEN

South-African Trains: Sishen to Saldanha line.

This is a Heavy-haul line of Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) in South-Africa. The line stretches from Sishen in the Northern Cape Province to Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. The line is 861 km long and is electrified at 50 kV AC
Trains are made up as follows:
Electric locomotive TFR Class 15E + Diesel electric locomotive TFR Class 43
116 CR wagons
TFR Class 15E + TFR Class 43
116 CR Wagons
TFR Class 15E
116 CR Wagons
TFR Class 15E
Total wagons: 348
Total Mass : 42 320 tons
Total Freight mass: 34 200 tons
Length: 3,9 km
Speed: 60 km/h
This train was seen here near the coastal town of Strandfontein.