Crew change time at Vleidam.
Friendly waves from the crew of the Premier Classe to me and the crew of a container train waiting in the siding.
When you realise you're on camera, smile, wave and blow the horn! This goods train is heading away from Kimberley towards Warrenton.
A grain train with a lone tank wagon included and hauled by Class 6E's E1206, E1197 and E1176 under control of driver Willie Knecht of Beaufort West, enters Laingsburg Station across the Buffels R... (more)
A Karoo meet at Palmiet siding on the line between Laingsburg and Beaufort West, with the two loco consists forming a mirror image of each other. The usually arid Karoo is in full bloom after a v... (more)
Friends of the rail class 24 3664 backs up to her auxilary water tank at Friends of the rail's depot in Capital Park
Friends of the rail classes 24 and 19D double heading into Witbank
19D 2650 on its way to pick up friends and family of the road runners running to Middelburg against the train
Class 6E E1173 approaching Bellville with a mixed goods train.
Done with the day's ploughing, judging from the sand on the pilot of trailing locomotive 35-019, this threesome of Class 35-000s are headed east, running light. Note the lit red marker light and ... (more)
The Transkaroo leaving the town of Wellington behind heading to Johannesburg.
Running light and waiting for amber to enter the main line. The pilot looks like it has had quite a few meetings with the rails.
Class 6E # E1186 heads the Shosholoza Meyl on the final stretch of its 1500 km journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town. It enters on the outbound track in order to get to the correct platform for ... (more)
Back to front with a string of container wagons at Stikland.
OK, let me guess..... Driver got carsick??