The inbound Queenstown train runs here through the mountains between Sandhills and De Wet with 2 6E1 locos still in the old SAR colours leading.

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)

Dieselloc from the TransNamib Railway Museum at the railway station Windhoek in the morning sun

A class 6E1 Bo-Bo 3kV electric in original South African Railways red livery, hauls a "pick-up" (wayside) freight northwards across the Vaal River at Fourteen Streams. The 2nd and 4th wagons are c... (more)

Plinthed on the main concourse of Durban Station is the little 0-4-0 locomotive "Natal", the locomotive that started it all off in South Africa in 1860. Col André Kritzinger, a fellow South Afri... (more)

The luxury Blue Train behind 14-108 and 109 running up a slight incline between Malan and Soetendal.

18693 leads a short Rovos train up the bank at Muldersvlei towards Cape Town as the sun is about to go down for the day.

A very unusual train consist! Pictured here while stopped at Boughton Station in Pietermaritzburg, with this special pantograph recovery train, is Class 5E1 Series 5 locomotive, E1102 (originally... (more)

Two 18Es lead a Rovos train through Tulbaghkloof from Cape Town back to Pretoria.

From a low of -5 celsius, the temperature had warmed somewhat by the time Transnet Freight Rail's Phelophepa 1 health care train left Bothaville on a repositioning move to Bloemfontein. Appropriat... (more)

Gone are the days! Class 6E1 locomotives, E1513 / E1540 / E1783, pass through Warner Beach on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast as they make their way back to their depot at Wentworth, in Durban. Th... (more)

18697 and 18693 lead the Blue Train through Almeria in the Hex River valley on the trip north having departed in Cape Town a few hours ago.

Simmering away, patiently awaiting her next shunt movement is ex South African Railway Class 25NC (4-8-4), No. 3442 (built in 1954 by Henschel) with her "Worshond" (Sausage Dog) Type CZ Tender, no... (more)

On a beautiful winter afternoon in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, 18-363 has almost completed the recently reballasted section between Rosetta and Mooi River with a mixed load of Petrol and Diesel Ta... (more)

A mixed train to Knysna crosses the Kaaimans River bridge. This was one of the classic photo locations back in the old days. As South African Railways rationalized their network and closed branc... (more)