The first one off on an early miserable winter morning. A consignment of ex QR National locomotives were shipped to South Africa in June 2012 for various rail companies. This is 1775D being crane... (more)

Sunrise and a new lease on life for these vintage (1965/66) diesel locomotives, originally designed & built by General Electric as model GE U20C. Ex SAR (South African Railway) / Transnet Freight ... (more)

PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl Class 36 shunter (still in "blue" Spoornet livery), 36-251, shunts one of the overnight Johannesburg to Durban Premier Classe sets down to New Durban Yard after its arrival... (more)

PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl Class 18E locomotives at New Durban Yard early this morning. 18-431 / 18-430 (PRASA Blue livery) alongside 18-402 / 18-413 (Shosholoza Meyl Purple livery). 18-431 is the ... (more)

PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl Class 18E locomotives at New Durban Yard early this morning. Paired at the yard and having just arrived in Durban were 18-427 / 18-424 & 18-431 / 18-430 (PRASA Blue livery... (more)

A 10M5 Metrorail suburban commuter set, Train No. 9658, arriving at Durban Station.

Class 18E, 18-673, as a brand new locomotive and looking rather smart in her red Transnet Freight Rail livery on the ready line at Umbilo Electric Locomotive Depot awaiting her first duty. The Cl... (more)

SAR Class 8E, E8056, in her original South African Railway livery (Red & Whiskers) is hard at work shunting a Metrorail 5M Motor Coach at New Durban Yard. E8056 is one of a hundred (excluding an ... (more)

The last working steam operations (non preservation) in South Africa. Saiccor No. 3 (Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767) - Leaving the Saiccor Exchange Yard at Umkomaas with a load of timber for the short... (more)

Three Class 37 Diesels, in the old blue Spoornet livery, headed by 37-090, cross the Umgababa Bridge as they run CAR Wagon empties back to Durban from Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.

The last of actual (non preservation) working steam operations in South Africa is carried out at the Saiccor Paper Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. This is Saiccor No. 1 working... (more)

Heavy overnight December summer rain resulted in the Amanzimtoti River coming down in flood and eroding into the supporting bank of the line down to the KwaZulu Natal South Coast at the mouth of t... (more)

This is EXX-3001 at sunrise, the first of three built by RRL Grindrod South Africa in Pretoria, for the Exxaro Mining Group, based in South Africa. They are to be used in the group's iron ore oper... (more)

A new lease of life for this vintage (1965/66) diesel locomotive, originally designed & built by General Electric as model GE U20C. Ex SAR (South African Railway) / Transnet Freight Rail Class 33... (more)

18-047 emerges from the cutting out of Nshongweni Station into the bright autumn afternoon sunlight with a load of C Type Wagons (Ore) empties.