I am fairly regular visitor to SA and always try to include some rail travel. I enjoy your series of trainspotting around the Breede Valley showing all sorts of rail traffic between Paarl and Worcester, like freight, grain, coal, and passengers. Although the current pandemic lockdown prevents me from travelling from Australia for foreseeable future i hope to return and enjoy the experiences again that I've had across Namibia South Africa and Zimbabwe over the last 25 years. Keep up the good work as much as current circumstances allow. I have travelled most of the long distance passenger routes in Southern Africa and hope a return to rail travel there that might get some financial investment boost and become the "normal" mode of travel in future.
Thanks for the brilliant comment Michael. They certainly few and far between. Hopefully you'll get your opportunity to enjoy South African train travel again and perhaps I'll get the opportunity to film it. Go well and thanks for watching.
Great video. Thank gawd you kept your finger off the dreaded "button of Death," the zoom button. Questions: What is encased in the large box across the rear of the locomotive carbody? And why are the cement cars so odd?
I believe the box is an additional saddle hood to keep the important bits cool in summer and dry in winter.. Some have them and others don't. It was a modification by the SAR. The cement cars are made like for easier off loading.
Did it use a de-rated 7FDL-8? Because Indonesia had GE U18A1A which surprisingly had 1500hp in early days because rail at the 1970s and early 1980s had low tonnage so you need a lightweight solution, and what GE do is take our regular U18C and take the centre traction motors of each bogies (so the A1A-A1A comes) and reduce the horsepower to 1500hp 😂 (since 2000 they get the actual 1800hp by using some U18C turbo, governor, and parts from wrecked U18C, now, from 51 units that ever emerge, only 6 left) I know wonder, why don't GE just classify as U15A1A rather than U18A1A 😂
AMAZING! Not only Philippines has GE U15C Locomotives but also South Africa? Well these videos proove it... Unfortunately here in the Philippines, We currently have 4 GE U15C Locomotives Running as Commuter Hauler... Those are as follows: DEL 917 DEL 918 DEL 919 DEL 921 our locomotives works for Communter
Hi Ross, The General Electric U15C is indeed a V8 and have been riding South African rails for the better part of 45 years. The tankers are used for cement and slag. Slag is a byproduct of a local steel smelter.
Wayne Nauschutz HEY THX FOR RESPONSE! I AM RETIRED AT&SF RR! WORKED 30 YRS IN SHOPS! WE RAN THE FULL SIZE GE ROAD LOCOS 1962 WITH THE 1600 CLASS U -25-B I WAS A MACHINIST ! THE GES HAD A LOT OF TEETHING PROBLEMS AT FIRST AN G-E KEPT A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SHOP OFFICE NEARLY FULL TIME! WE DID A LOT OF EXPERIMENTAL AND PROTOTYPE WORK FOR THEM! EVENTUALLY WHAT BECAME THE DASH 8 SERIES WAS DEVELOPED AND G-E BEGAN TO KICK EMD S BUTT BIG TIME! I LIKE TO SAY THAT G-E WAS BUILT IN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA AND PERFECTED AT ARGENTINE SHOPS IN KANSAS CITY! KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHER!!
Thank you for your constructive comment Ross. They hard to find amongst the many idiots that troll the net. Indeed, I firmly believe that these GEs have earned their keep especially with the sometimes harsh operating conditions found in Africa. We also use a larger V12 Version classed as 34s (U26C) and many still operate on the mainline to Botswana and other core routes. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article for 34 class. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_34-000 Once again thank you for the interesting information and the support.
Wayne Nauschutz HA HA ! THANKS! IM GLAD THAT I CAN BASE MY THOUGHT ON 53 YEARS RR EXPERIENCE! LOL, AT LEAST IM NOT A 30 YEAR OLD KID LIVING IN MY MOTHERS BASEMENT AND TRYING TO CONVINCE THE WORLD I "KNOW IT ALL AND HAVE A VIDEO TO PROVE IT!!!" LOL
@@WayneSA85 The sound is a bit similar to the BR class 20, but without the whistle sound those 20s make. They also have V8 engines made by English Electric.
Martin Nel Hi Wayne, great video, i love the engine sounds, but as i’m blind i am keen to know is it the 15E electric units on the iron ore i hear towards the end of the video, after the GE 35 class clips?
Hi Carl, that's correct. The train was entering the loading terminal just as we arrived. There were six locomotives on it with a 15E and 43 class diesel up front. They were followed by a single 15E and then another 43 and 15E. The trailing 15E at the end of the train serves no purpose in the terminal so was uncoupled and left out on the line ready to be attached to a departing train. The last two clips in the video is a set of 35s returning to Bellville.
Wayne Nauschutz thanks, i guess the 43 class diesels were idling. I am trying to get an idea what the 15E’s sound like. Ive got a model of them on my ho iron ore train but ive currently got 6E1 sound on there.
The 43s were definitely doing their thing as well. Especially considering they had just got the train moving again. The 15E has a massive cooling fan that is extremely noisy.
Wayne Nauschutz thanks for the feedback and description, i used bass heavy Sony earphones to listen to the video and it brought out much more sound info than the phone speakers, i could clearly hear the 15E blowers and i now know what pitch to work on for my model 15E. I dont hear the diesel engine sound as distinctly on the 43’s as say on the GE 34’s, maybe the exhausts are more muffled. But i could hear the sylinders and alternator/generator sounds as they passed. The 35s sounds great. My model 35-400 sounds very close, but of course way less bass to the engine sound due to speaker size limitation in the model. I love your train vids and follow them to hear the different classes of loco sounds. If you get more 43 class, or even maybe 44 class, 35-800 GM, and more 15E, 19E and the China 20E and newer, plz share it on your channel
I am fairly regular visitor to SA and always try to include some rail travel. I enjoy your series of trainspotting around the Breede Valley showing all sorts of rail traffic between Paarl and Worcester, like freight, grain, coal, and passengers. Although the current pandemic lockdown prevents me from travelling from Australia for foreseeable future i hope to return and enjoy the experiences again that I've had across Namibia South Africa and Zimbabwe over the last 25 years. Keep up the good work as much as current circumstances allow. I have travelled most of the long distance passenger routes in Southern Africa and hope a return to rail travel there that might get some financial investment boost and become the "normal" mode of travel in future.
Thanks for the brilliant comment Michael. They certainly few and far between. Hopefully you'll get your opportunity to enjoy South African train travel again and perhaps I'll get the opportunity to film it. Go well and thanks for watching.
Love the diesel sound with earphones on!
Love this, GE 7-FDL 8 enginesound
I could've joined. Was there till yesterday...Nice video Wayne.
Pity. Thanks for watching.
nice video!
can you tell me what were those freight cars at 2:14? thanks
Hi Perdana. They used for cement and slag etc. Thanks for watching.
@@WayneSA85 Thanks alot.
...I love trains truly..keep up the good work...👍👍👍
Thanks for watching Sylvester and for the great comment.
Great video. Thank gawd you kept your finger off the dreaded "button of Death," the zoom button.
Questions: What is encased in the large box across the rear of the locomotive carbody? And
why are the cement cars so odd?
I believe the box is an additional saddle hood to keep the important bits cool in summer and dry in winter.. Some have them and others don't. It was a modification by the SAR. The cement cars are made like for easier off loading.
Did it use a de-rated 7FDL-8? Because Indonesia had GE U18A1A which surprisingly had 1500hp in early days because rail at the 1970s and early 1980s had low tonnage so you need a lightweight solution, and what GE do is take our regular U18C and take the centre traction motors of each bogies (so the A1A-A1A comes) and reduce the horsepower to 1500hp 😂 (since 2000 they get the actual 1800hp by using some U18C turbo, governor, and parts from wrecked U18C, now, from 51 units that ever emerge, only 6 left)
I know wonder, why don't GE just classify as U15A1A rather than U18A1A 😂
AMAZING!
Not only Philippines has GE U15C Locomotives but also South Africa? Well these videos proove it...
Unfortunately here in the Philippines, We currently have 4 GE U15C Locomotives Running as Commuter Hauler...
Those are as follows:
DEL 917
DEL 918
DEL 919
DEL 921
our locomotives works for Communter
Interesting. Thank you.
Super video!
Thank you Boris.
WHAT MAKE ARE THE 35 SERIES LOCOMOTIVE? V-8 ENGINES?
WHAT MATERIALS ARE CARRIED IN THE TANK CARS? NEVER SAW THE TANKS
LIKE THIS BEFORE!!!
Hi Ross, The General Electric U15C is indeed a V8 and have been riding South African rails for the better part of 45 years. The tankers are used for cement and slag. Slag is a byproduct of a local steel smelter.
Wayne Nauschutz HEY THX FOR RESPONSE!
I AM RETIRED AT&SF RR! WORKED 30 YRS IN SHOPS! WE RAN THE FULL SIZE GE ROAD LOCOS 1962 WITH THE 1600 CLASS U -25-B
I WAS A MACHINIST !
THE GES HAD A LOT OF TEETHING PROBLEMS AT FIRST AN G-E KEPT A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SHOP OFFICE
NEARLY FULL TIME!
WE DID A LOT OF EXPERIMENTAL AND PROTOTYPE WORK FOR THEM!
EVENTUALLY WHAT BECAME THE DASH 8 SERIES WAS DEVELOPED AND G-E BEGAN TO KICK EMD S BUTT BIG TIME!
I LIKE TO SAY THAT G-E WAS BUILT IN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA AND PERFECTED AT ARGENTINE SHOPS IN KANSAS CITY!
KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHER!!
Thank you for your constructive comment Ross. They hard to find amongst the many idiots that troll the net.
Indeed, I firmly believe that these GEs have earned their keep especially with the sometimes harsh operating conditions found in Africa. We also use a larger V12 Version classed as 34s (U26C) and many still operate on the mainline to Botswana and other core routes. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article for 34 class. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Class_34-000
Once again thank you for the interesting information and the support.
Wayne Nauschutz HA HA ! THANKS!
IM GLAD THAT I CAN BASE MY THOUGHT ON 53 YEARS RR EXPERIENCE!
LOL, AT LEAST IM NOT A 30 YEAR OLD KID LIVING IN MY MOTHERS BASEMENT AND TRYING TO CONVINCE THE WORLD I
"KNOW IT ALL AND HAVE A VIDEO TO PROVE IT!!!" LOL
@@WayneSA85 The sound is a bit similar to the BR class 20, but without the whistle sound those 20s make.
They also have V8 engines made by English Electric.
Lovely video
Thanks David.
Those tankers are all bent!
That they are. Easier off loading.
brother of the Indonesian locomotive cc201
More like the filipino u15c rather thsn the u18c as its the same model
The best locomotive train South Africa from Drs Atmofendi Gondomono Blitar city Eastern Java Republik Indonesia
Mooi video Wayne
Martin Nel Hi Wayne, great video, i love the engine sounds, but as i’m blind i am keen to know is it the 15E electric units on the iron ore i hear towards the end of the video, after the GE 35 class clips?
Hi Carl, that's correct. The train was entering the loading terminal just as we arrived. There were six locomotives on it with a 15E and 43 class diesel up front. They were followed by a single 15E and then another 43 and 15E. The trailing 15E at the end of the train serves no purpose in the terminal so was uncoupled and left out on the line ready to be attached to a departing train. The last two clips in the video is a set of 35s returning to Bellville.
Wayne Nauschutz thanks, i guess the 43 class diesels were idling. I am trying to get an idea what the 15E’s sound like. Ive got a model of them on my ho iron ore train but ive currently got 6E1 sound on there.
The 43s were definitely doing their thing as well. Especially considering they had just got the train moving again. The 15E has a massive cooling fan that is extremely noisy.
Wayne Nauschutz thanks for the feedback and description, i used bass heavy Sony earphones to listen to the video and it brought out much more sound info than the phone speakers, i could clearly hear the 15E blowers and i now know what pitch to work on for my model 15E. I dont hear the diesel engine sound as distinctly on the 43’s as say on the GE 34’s, maybe the exhausts are more muffled. But i could hear the sylinders and alternator/generator sounds as they passed. The 35s sounds great. My model 35-400 sounds very close, but of course way less bass to the engine sound due to speaker size limitation in the model. I love your train vids and follow them to hear the different classes of loco sounds. If you get more 43 class, or even maybe 44 class, 35-800 GM, and more 15E, 19E and the China 20E and newer, plz share it on your channel
Dankie. Ek like die sas diesel.