The Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR),... (more)

Four of the ageing GE class 34 U26C's allocated to Millsite depot in Krugersdorp are working a container train to Mafikeng, working hard up the 1 in 40 grade out of the Magaliesburg valley. This l... (more)

Four of the ageing GE class 34 U26C's allocated to Millsite depot in Krugersdorp are working a container train to Mafikeng, here slowly making their way down the long grade into Magaliesburg. The ... (more)

A mid-summer sunrise catches three 18E's approaching Sprucewell, near Greylingstad on the Natal main line, with their train of empty type CAR and CFR wagons returning to the manganese mines in the... (more)

On a summer afternoon a matched set of five first series 18E's in Spoornet blue livery lead their train of empty coal wagons across the Blesbokspruit bridge, just north of Heidelberg station on th... (more)

At the time this picture was taken, Wolwehoek was a reasonably well kept manned station with manually controlled colour light block signalling. The bakkie (pick-up truck) parked on the platform be... (more)

After collecting loaded grain wagons from the silos at Rooiwal, this pair of Kroonstad based class 34's in Spoornet blue livery are waiting in the freight siding for the signal to proceed north to... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth is passing the classic semaphore Down main and Down loop starter signals at the south end of Heuningspruit station, as it heads north to Johannesburg ... (more)

A pair of Kroonstad based class 34-400's are working a late running mixed freight of grain wagons and butane and propylene tankers from Kroonstad to Sasolburg, seen just south of the old Greenland... (more)

My first shot of 2015 produced an unexpected surprise in the form of a late running local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg, departing Rooiwal early on a beautiful summer morning. A pair of Kroo... (more)

CHINA BLUE....two of Transnet Freight Rail's Chinese class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives (Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and R... (more)

CHINA BLUE....two of Transnet Freight Rail's Chinese class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives (Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and R... (more)

Two TFR-liveried 18E's and a Spoornet blue sister are passing through Greylingstad on the Natal Corridor (Natcor) main line with a train of double deck motor car carriers from Kaalfontein (near Jo... (more)

The sun has just risen above the hills to the south of Heidelberg, as a quartet of 18E's cross the Blesbokspruit at 05:32, heading south on the Natcor (Natal Corridor) main line with a manganese t... (more)

Metrorail train 0668 has just crossed the Sesmylspruit (Six Mile Creek) between Irene and Pinedene on its way from Pretoria to Johannesburg. The third coach in this set is interesting in that the ... (more)