19D shunting 18E's

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19D shunting 18E's

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Rovos Rail's Class 19D number 3360 at the front a Rovos train. 19D used to shunt 18E's to electrified track before departure.
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Re: 19D shunting 18E's

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Interesting!
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Re: 19D shunting 18E's

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On one occasion we were pushing the 18Es back with FOTR's 19D (can't remember exactly why there wasn't a Rovos loco available). The electric crew were fiddling with something but just couldn't get their units working. It took an old steam driver to walk back and show them how to do it.
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