Early on a beautiful winter morning and 18-270 is seen here at the head of this tanker train as it exits Ashburton Station. The train would have departed Durban approximately 2 hours earlier and ... (more)

While a typical afternoon thunderstorm brews, Class 18E locomotives (18-416 in the red Transnet Freight Rail Livery) with their trains stand baking in the extreme Northern KwaZulu Natal heat at Da... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-214, working the yard just opposite the old Clairwood Racecourse. Designed by General Motors Electro Motive Division and built by General Motors South Africa as ... (more)

Class 33 (400), 33-491, was on shunt duty at De Aar in the Northern Cape when I visited in December 2010. Built in 1969 for South African Railways by General Electric as GE U20C, this locomotive ... (more)

Durban bound trains headed from left to right by 18-416, 18-112 and 18-224 at Danskraal in Ladysmith, probably awaiting crews. The Natal Main Line sees a lot of traffic on it with varied loads in... (more)

A nice hello from Section Manager / Driver Ettiene Smith behind the controls of veteran Class 6E1 electric locomotive, E1658, while passing through Ashburton Station. The Transnet Engineering Wo... (more)

Class 18E electric locomotives staged under the Argyle Road Bridge at the yard in Durban. Paired together are 18-402 / 18-405 (purple Shosholoza Meyl livery), 18-433 / 18-425 (PRASA blue livery) a... (more)

A trio of Class 37 diesels, headed by 37-044, cross the Umkomaas Bridge on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast with a load of empty wagons for NPC (Natal Portland Cement) at Simuma. Between March 1989 ... (more)

The early morning crew change on the overnight Johannesburg to Durban Trans Natal is taking place at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. About 3½ hours remain of the journey to Du... (more)

A Type 10M5 commuter train, train No. 1083 (Set M7) operated by PRASA / Metrorail on an all stops journey from Durban to Cato Ridge is about to arrive at its destination. There is a regular commu... (more)

Vintage Class 5E1 Series 5 locomotive, E1101, originally built in 1966, pictured here at Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith. Transnet Freight Rail have retained two Class 5E1 Series 5 locomo... (more)

Cheers and whistles from this track maintenance gang as they get an early start on their busy day. They are seen here leaving New Durban Yard (just north of Durban Station) with one of the PLASSE... (more)

These four Class 18E electric units (18-505 with the end of train marker) have just arrived at Estcourt Station. They had just made the trip through to Escourt from Danskraal / Ladysmith with tra... (more)

The mixed batch of 34 ex Tranz Metro (New Zealand) motor coaches and trailers that arrived in Durban, South Africa on board the MV Pangani. They are pictured here, just after sunrise, in a holding... (more)

A very patchy and faded 18-082, assisted by 18-667 and 18-125, have almost completed the long climb up from Lions River, through Dargle, Lidgetton and Balgowan to Nottingham Road in the KwaZulu Na... (more)