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

12AR 1535 pulls away from Vereeniging station on the final leg of the 15 day 4900km Kei Explorer Tour. This locomotive is still in excursion service, in full operating order, under the care... (more)

The northbound Cape Town - Johannesburg passenger train heads out through verdant Western Cape scenery

RovosRail is a private luxury train operator that runs upmarket tours throughout South and Southern Africa. Here the "Pride of Africa" (a two day trip between Pretoria and Cape Town) is seen thre... (more)

The Blue Train behind two 14E locomotives 3 years ago. The use of these locomotives has now been discontinued due to two of these machines catching fire due to electrical faults

A favourite spot, a different angle (I normally shoot the southbound view) - the northbound Cape Town - Johannesburg passenger train passes through the rugged defile of Tulbagh Kloof

Big hills - little train: NG15 No.119 tackles the climb from Howley to Billson on the Geoff's Trains 2010 tour

Blue-painted 20Es Nos. 20031 and 20032 are the normal performers on South Africa's prestigious Blue Train, but red 20056 and 20034 are deputising for them on this trip. The train is seen leaving C... (more)

The Train Control Officer at Paarl cabin looks on as 36 020 rolls into the station with the rewiring train.

No 119 rolls into Gamtoos Junction with a photographers' special

No. 1555 in happier days at the head of the CT-JHB Trans-Karoo Express. Compare it now in photo 572855. For interest, also see photos 369843 and 369844 taken on the same day as this photo

19D 3321 heads through the small settlement of Vleidam on the way to Mossel Bay Background: A Ceres Rail Excursion from Ceres to Mossel Bay and return. Scheduled to run a distance of jus... (more)

The once-weekly 10h25 Cape Town - East London passenger train passes a stand of arum lillies as it heads inland. After an overnight run (and three direction changes) the train will arrive in East ... (more)

In fine weather, Jubilee is rated as one of THE prime railway photographic locations in South Africa. Normally, the Langeberg form an impressive backdrop to the scene, while the angle of the line ... (more)

Same train as in photo RP 314542, but again, different photographer. By this time I had paired up with Eugene Armer to follow the RovosRail train from George. The train is running along the tricky... (more)