Locomotive Engines & General Engineering rail maintenance team is headed up by our senior trackmaster, Mr Theo Van Deventer who is a certified trackmaster and has over 40 years of experience in rail infrastructure and maintenance.
All our work is carried out as per the standardized specification documents for perway as follows:
| Specification/Standard | Description |
| SANS 1200A | Civil Engineering Construction: General |
| SANS 1200D | Civil Engineering Construction: Earthworks |
| SANS 1200NB | Railway sidings (Trackwork) |
| SANS 1200DN | Earthworks (Railway sidings) |
| SANS 3000 series | Railway Safety Management |
| SATS S406 | Specification for stone |
| TRANSNET LIMITED S410 | Specification for railway earthworks |
| SPOORNET E:10 | Specification for rail trackwork |
| SPOORNET E:10/1 | Laying of rails |
| SPOORNET E:10/2 | Laying of sleepers |
| SPOORNET E:10/4 | Ballasting and tamping |
| SPOORNET E:10/6B | Building & replacement of turnouts, slips & diamond crossings |
| SPOORNET E: 10/8 | Field welding and corrective grinding of battered rail joints, skid marks and rail crown damage |
| SPOORNET E:10/9 | Slewing and alignment |
| SPOORNET E:10/11 | Surveying setting out of track alignment & referencing |
| SPOORNET E:10/13 | Ballast cleaning |
| SPOORNET E:10/5 | De-stressing of rails |
| SPOORNET E:10/7 | Field welding of rail joints or THERMITREX code of practice |
| SPOORNET E:10/12 | Installation of insulated rail joints |
| SPOORNET E:10/13 | Miscellaneous |
| TRANSNET | TRACK WELDING MANUAL (BBB8341 Version 5)(March 2011) |
| TRANSNET | Manual for Track Maintenance (2012) |
| TRANSNET | work Codes as per chapter 15 of the Manual for Track Maintenance (2012) |
| TRANSNET | MICA Manual (BBB8266 Version 2) (Aug 2010) |
| THERMITREX | Welding code |
On completion of all work, a “safe to use” certificate is issued and signed off by LE & GE for operations to continue. Our Track team travels throughout the country carrying out planned maintenance and once off rail rehabilitation projects including:
- Rail assessments
- Turnout sets
- De-stressing
- Weeding and vegetation control
- Drainage
- Clearance markers
- De-railer devices
- Hand tumblers
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