The ritual that is played out about every two hours.

An AC loco set backs down to a diesel marshaled coal train.

Pumps up the brakes, does a brake test, tests the End of Train transponder, and then slowly pulls out and heads off to tidewater.

Seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. The coal flows.

B.W. Ring, 2001-April-25, Ermelo, South Africa.