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

Performing the last runpast of the day - NG15 No. 119 catches the glint as she heads upgrade to Billson.

'Every man and his dog' is out at Billson to watch the passage of The Apple Expess Society's train returning to Port Elizabeth as "Empty Coaching Stock" after 4 days of charter hire.

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)

SAME PLACE, DIFFERENT CENTURY: Another shot at Malan. Compare this with Photo #300407 taken almost 20 year later. A then almost brand new 6E1 E1754 takes the Cape Town - Touws River stopping passe... (more)

A trio of 6Es (Tip: the 6Es have conventional bogies, the 6E1s have external torsion bars) grind up Malan bank with a loaded grain train.

The southbound JHB - CT economy train in Tulbagh Kloof

The wheatfields of the Western Cape are ripening fast and soon the farmers will be delivering grain to the silos. A trio of 6E1s delivers a block load of much needed empty grain trucks.

It's a long time since a genuine "stimela" (steam train or steam loco) has passed this way and Umgeni Steam Railway's GF No 2380 really attracts interest as she passes through typical rural countr... (more)

Class 19D No. 3321 on a Steeam & Safaris (U.K.) charter

The cab of Class 23 No 3300

Preserved Class 7a No. 1007 (Built 1893) pauses at Wilderness

The sole preserved 14CRB No. 1882 was a favourite locomotive of mine (I grew up with the 14CRBs in Cape Town). A real go-anywhere slogger, she was used on many rail charters and is seen here on a ... (more)

The Kimberley – De Aar line was one of the last double track steam mainlines in the world. Steam was destined to finish in 1992, but Spoornet, mindful of the hundreds of enthusiasts that used to... (more)

Class 19D No. 3334 teams up with GF Garratt No. 2401 to move a Union Limited steam safari out of Franschoek. Sadly, this ultra-scenic branch line, only 70km from Cape Town, was closed in 2001 and ... (more)