The first of 2 Premier Classe specials heading back to Johannesburg from Cape Town exiting here the 3rd Hex River Tunnel.

The northbound Shosh-Meyl day train from Cape Town on 'Fanie's Curve' north of Wellington

The northbound Shosh-Meyl day train from Cape Town leaves Hugenot station. This station is one of the two remaining sites on the Cape Main Line using semaphore signals.

On June 7, 2011, Shosholoza Meyl's purple Premier Classe train nears Wellington, South Africa after leaving Cape Town on its 918-mile overnight run to Johannesburg.

A quartet of 6E1's all in Spoornet orange livery are heading east through Fochville with a block load of cement from Lichtenburg.

A very grubby 40-year old Class 6E leads a Class 6E1 while working the Phelophepa 1 health care train on a repositioning move from Ficksburg to Kroonstad. The differences between the bogies of the... (more)

E1474 and E1464 leading the Cape Town to Johannesburg Premier Classe past the Wellington golf course, about an hour into the journey.

A rare sight indeed! A Premier Classe set belonging to passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl, runs alongside the Indian Ocean on the 'South Coast' line, crossing the Umgababa River, just south of Umg... (more)

A rare sight indeed! A Premier Classe set belonging to passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl, runs along the Indian Ocean coast and crosses the Illovo River, just north of Illovo Beach station. The t... (more)

E1468 leads the Johannesburg - Cape Town passenger train through Tulbaghkloof, at the bottom is where the old road went which crossed the line on the left where the train is coming through the cut... (more)

A late running Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe speeds along the single track section between Potchefstroom and Welverdiend, just south of Boskop station. The lead locomotive is in the shor... (more)

Each year in March, pink and white Cosmos flowers are in full bloom all over the South African Highveld, signalling the end of a long, hot summer. A very grubby 40-year old Class 6E leads a Class ... (more)

A few days of late summer rains have produced a beautifully crisp and clear morning, which finds the Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe approaching the R501 road bridge between Frederikstad a... (more)

E1464 and E1629 leading the second Premier Classe train of the morning back to Johannesburg, seen here just after exiting the 3rd of the 4 Hex River Tunnels.

Early morning at the entrance to the Hex River valley just before Sandhills is the first of 3 passenger trains that visited Cape Town for the Jazz festival heading back to Johannesburg.