Meet Rovos Rail's latest Class 25NC acquisition. Step one in the restoration process: Remove siderods and clean and lubricate all bearings to prepare the loco for the trip to Pretoria. The two ... (more)

Vandalism any way one looks at it, but I must admit that some graffiti is less of an eyesore than most.

The conductor keeps an eye from the rear end cab as passengers scramble to board an eastbound train at Stikland station.

No, not a mishap at Beaconsfield Depot.... The crane is being used to lift locomotives so that their bogies can be removed for maintenance.

Shown a green flag to enter the Capital Park yard across Paul Kruger Street. The water wagon is permanently coupled to Rovos Rail's Garratt, and is even fitted with a headlight for reverse runnin... (more)

The conductor keeps an eye from the rear end cab while passengers at Stikland station are boarding the "Boland Blitz", here returning to Worcester in the late afternoon.

Metro 3531, the "Boland Blitz" (Boland Lightning) is a daily Worcester-Cape Town-Worcester commuter, here returning to Worcester in the late afternoon. The Boland and Worcester lie beyond the Hot... (more)

A lashup of three Class 9E electric locomotives and four Class 34-400 diesels are ready to head back to Sishen with 215 empty iron ore wagons as soon as the electrics have their pantographs raise... (more)

A candidate for restoration, hopefully. No 3457 was one of the fleet of ninety condensing Class 25's that were eventually converted to non-condensing locomotives when their huge condensing tenders... (more)

A newly built Class 18E in the new Transnet Freight Rail corporate livery leads a trainload of refined sugar through Kaalfontein.

The Luberailer is the catenary lubricating version of Spoornet's Luxrailer trolleys and is also used to monitor the condition of the overhead cable.

A special Metro Commuter approaching Bellville Station. The train depicts children and Table Mountain and is inscribed "A Metrorail, SARCC & British High Commission Project". (SARCC: South African... (more)

It's heavy and dirty work in the dust - time for a breather!

A pair of Class 9E locomotives in front of the servicing shed in Saldanha. These locos work exclusively on the 50kV Sishen-Saldanha iron export line. All other South African electrified routes u... (more)

The big boys of the Richards Bay coal line. Four dusty Class 11E's are ready to depart further inland with about 200 empty coal wagons.