Private company

Sheltam

Train operating company1

Sheltam is a locomotive hire and repair company that undertakes complete operating contracts and maintenance contracts, based in Gqeberha, South Africa. By the year 2000, Sheltam locomotives were operating at Randfontein Estates Gold Mine in Gauteng, and in Mpumalanga at Douglas and Vandyksdrift Collieries and at SAPPI, Ngodwana.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sheltam 31-000
Photo: Chris van Wyk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Sheltam is a locomotive hire and repair company that undertakes complete operating contracts and maintenance contracts, based in Gqeberha, South Africa. By the year 2000, Sheltam locomotives were operating at Randfontein Estates Gold Mine in Gauteng, and in Mpumalanga at Douglas and Vandyksdrift Collieries and at SAPPI, Ngodwana.2

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