This was the last run of the Aloe Festival Special between Creighton and Riverside on the only section of this railway that is still in operation.

South African Superpower. This was the most modern of South African Steam locomotives and the last of the class were delivered in 1957. They were the standard motive power on this line until rep... (more)

The Quiet American: Reefsteamers' Alco-built 15CA-class has its rear set of drivers dropped in preparation for turning on the depot's wheel lathe. The big Mountain will also have a new set of tube... (more)

SAPPI's ex-SAR class 19D collects a load of timber destined for the paper mill. Transnet Freight Rail bring in the timber to the exchange yard where the mill's 19D collects them. This is South Afr... (more)

Sappi Saiccor's No.3 hisses away peacefully the cacophony of the paper mill while the fitters try solve a problem with the reverser. The worker on the right is lost in the magic of his cell phone ... (more)

Saiccor No. 3, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767, has picked up her load of timber nicely now and settled down into a smart rhythm for the short run up to the mill from the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaa... (more)

Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, is about to leave the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast for the short haul up to the mill with a load of 11 timber wagons.... (more)

Saiccor No.3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767 (4-8-2), is seen here nearing the mill in the afternoon sunlight with a full load of timber from the exchange yard. She was built by Robe... (more)

ESCOM (0-6-0) is a fireless type steam locomotive, built by W. G. Bagnall & Company Limited, that operated together with another fireless locomotive called TUGELA (0-4-0) shunting coal wagons at t... (more)

Just to feature the Class 1E that was hidden behind the Class ES shunter in Photo ID 529667. Covered in dust and in very poor condition now, these two examples of South African Railway electric mo... (more)

Covered in dust and in very poor condition now, these two examples of South African Railway electric motive power history are still standing in a disused Goods Shed at Danskraal / Ladysmith. Fron... (more)

The young fireman on Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767, is probably taking a moment to ponder the imminent end of working steam on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. It will... (more)

Steam is still hanging in there at the SAPPI / Saiccor Paper Mill in Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast! Saiccor No.3 (has already had her cabside plates removed), ex South African Railway... (more)

Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, is about to leave the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast for the short haul up to the mill with a load of 11 timber wagons.... (more)

Over the last few years (for me personally), Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, has been the most elusive of the three Saiccor Class 19D locomotives, in terms of photo opportunities versus ... (more)