Atlantic Rail's Class 24 No. 3655 is equally at home running tender-first for the return journey from Simonstown.

The southbound Pretoria - Cape Town Premier Class passes through Tulbagh Kloof at 16h11

A much grafittied 08h54 service from Simonstown heads north to Cape Town. Part of the stone revetment that has just been installed during the refurbishment of this section can be seen in the foreg... (more)

The bathing huts at St. James beach form a colourful counterpoint to the 07h46 Simonstown - Cape Town service as it leaves St James station

The 15h18 Simonstown - Cape Town service leans into the curve as it leaves Glencairn station

The folded features of the northern slopes of the Swartberg (Black Mountains) form the backdrop for a runpast on the Union Limited Railway Touring Company 2000 charter.

Class 24 No 3675 earns the curses of local housewives as she smokes it up in preparation of the climb out of the Goukamma valley to the summit at Keytersnek.

14 CRB 1882 doubleheads with GEA 4023 on a David C. Rodgers Tour charter goods out of Oudtshoorn. Sadly No. 1882 was destined only to survive for another 2 months... After a post-maintenance run-i... (more)

The lower section of the ultra-scenic Cape Town - Simonstown line runs adjacent to the sea. In December 2009 the line was damaged by a freak combination of high tide and big storms. At one stage i... (more)

The Caledon branch owes its existence to grain - grain grown in the area surrounding Caledon and grain imported into the large SA Breweries malting complex in the town, only to have the processed ... (more)

The first rays of the morning sun catch two Class 35s on 25 empty cement wagons as they approach Moreesberg

Atlantic Rail is a new operator planning to return steam to the Cape Town area. They have restored Class 24 No. 3655 to working order and plan to run trains along the ultra-scenic commuter rail li... (more)

Some railway locations in South Africa have powerfully descriptive names. The Oudtshoorn - Klipplaat line has its share: 'Oven', 'Solitree', and 'Eensaam', the last name meaning 'Lonely' in Afrika... (more)

Laughing Waters dam was built by the South African Railways to supply water for locos at Willowmore on the Oudtshoorn-Klipplaat line. The steam is long gone and dam now supplies Willowmore. Here w... (more)

NG15 No. 119 on the embankment about 1km before Essonbos halt