Transnet Freight Rail's 861km Sishen - Saldanha operation runs the longest regular bulk-freight trains in the world. With 342 type CR iron-ore wagons and 8 Radio Controlled Distributed Power loco... (more)

Historically, the Blue Train has been South Africa's premier train since its inception in 1938 and is still listed as train No 1 in the current Working Time Book (the first 2 digits show from whi... (more)

Fresh Out the Box (well almost!): A refurbished 10M motor coach set on a run-in turn to Wellington

Three Class 43s head down to the coal yard at Richards Bay while two Class 35-600s (EMD GT18MC) shunt in the back.

Masses of cosmos flowers in bloom amongst the maize fields of the eastern highveld provide some added colour to this scene of a class 35-600 in faded blue Spoornet livery and two 35-200's in TFR r... (more)

Fresh out of Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops, these class 18E rebuilds in the new Transnet Freight Rail livery, bask in the morning sun in Springs yard while waiting for their next a... (more)

Plasserail's IM2000 Infrastucture Measuring Vehicle slowly makes its way through Springs yard, while three class 35 EMD units wait their turn to depart with a train of anhydrous ammonia tankers bo... (more)

Ready to depart from Springs yard, a class 35-600 in faded blue Spoornet livery is teamed up with two 35-200's to work a block load of Anhydrous Ammonia tankers to Trichardt on the Springs - Betha... (more)

Limited to 40Km/h for this section, the Blue Train carefully negotiates its way through Tulbagh Kloof

On a nice bright winter afternoon, 18-126, together with the help of an additional four 18E units in red Transnet Freight Rail livery, cautiously bring a fully loaded "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons (C... (more)

Midweek track maintenance has resulted in 18-036 having to run contra flow as she passes over the Willow Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road with her load of containers. There are cross over points abou... (more)

18-311 is seen here unravelling from the top loop of Boughton, with a special refrigerated container test train. Exactly what was being tested is still unknown. This section of the line (Cedara ... (more)

As the dryness of the vegetation suggests, it's a late winter afternoon as 18-253 heads this 35 wagon Container Train towards Pietermaritzburg, having just crossed the Mkondeni Viaduct.

18524 and 2 blue mates lead a container train up through Umlaas Road in the afternoon.

E11025, together with an additional three Class 11E electric locomotives are seen here passing through Nsezi in Richards Bay, with a load of 200 empty CCR Wagons (Coal) bound for Vreyheid. 45 of t... (more)