First set 11 March 2023 Second set 18 March 2023 Locations, directions, and activities are indicated on the compilation These X-Trapolis EMU Metro trainsets are the replacement urban train sets for local transportation of people.
Great video really loved seeing the Xtroplis,also had the chance riding it in CPT and i must say it sounds lovely when it departs 🙌🏾🔥and stops sounds like a violin
Awesome video. Glad to see some X'trapolis Megas operating here. These sets are coming thick and fast. I see those are sets 130 and 131 at the start of the video. My word.
Thank you. Yes, they are really pumping them out. Unfortunately, they don't run here. These sets are on their way to Durban from JHB to serve the urban train there. I enjoy capturing them on the NATCOR mainline as it's the freight corridor between Johannesburg and Durban. Some I don't see everyday.
@@jacomarais1976 Wow. Amazing. Okay. I failed to read the captions in the video and have done so now. Thanks for heads up. But yes. looking forward to more of your videos as always. Thanks.
I agree with you. I really enjoy freight trains. Not only watching them, but realizing that there's more to just driving them. Handling them on our gradients and sharp curves is quite a challenge for any driver.
@@jacomarais1976 driving freight trains is indeed a bit of an additional challenge, I'm a freight driver in Spain and I wouldn't change it for passenger trains! It's just you and the machine: no voyagers, no tight schedules, no people complaining... However my trains are simpler, I never drive more than 2 locomotives. Those SA railway lines must be crazy demanding!
@@osasunaitor Wow, awesome to meet you. You are 100% right, especially here on the NATCOR mainline the challenges are sometimes crazy. The freight trains here on the NATCOR are our short and weights up to 5200 tons. Our coal and magnese lines are our railways heaviest trains. The Ermelo coal line runs a standard train of 200 coal wagons weighing 21800 tons and are hauled by 6X class 19E locomotives. Them our longest trains runs on the Saldana Shishen line. These monster consists of 375 magnise wagons and are hauled by 4 class 15E electrical locomotives and 3 class 43GE diesel locomotives and weights 42500 tons. They are in dandem link with a RDP controller system.
@@jacomarais1976 21800 and 42500 tons!! Jesus christ that's insane! For comparison my trains rarely get to 2000 tons haha. That's a whole new level of heavy trains. I would love to experience them one day, do you have videos on your channel?
@@osasunaitor I agree with you, these trains are out of this world. I don't have my own videos, but will ask my driver friends to send me some. I will post them as soon as I receive them.
