Class 18E 18706 transfers the Red Devil from Cape Town to Worcester for restoration here through Soetendal. The 5 grain wagons behind is for break assistance.
The Red Devil on the move! After been stored for many years in Cape Town, the Red Devil is being transferred to Worcester for restoration. Ceres Rail will be using her on trips between Cape Town a... (more)
A Johannesburg bound container train, led by Class 18E Series 1 locomotive, 18-299 (Spoornet "blue" livery still in very good condition), twists its way up towards Hammarsdale. The Natal Main Line... (more)
Early sunrise as Class 37 Diesels (GM-EMD GT26M2C of 1981), 37-048 & 37-044, pass through Umgababa on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast on their run through to Durban with Transnet's Phelophepa Health... (more)
Class 6E1 locomotives, E1625 & E1490 (still in their original South African Railways "red & whisker" livery) leaving Bayhead with a load of empties. Bayhead is the largest goods receiving and dis... (more)
Class 36 (200) diesel shunting locomotive (GM-EMD SW1002), 36-206, is pictured here at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal shortly before being hammered by a typica... (more)
A Johannesburg bound container train nears the top of the steep gradient on the approach to Cedara Station in the KZN Midlands. The lead locomotive, 18-216, was experiencing difficulties and actu... (more)
Brand new at the time to the Transnet Freight Rail Class 18E fleet as pictured at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal. Numbered as 18-416, she is one of a few loco... (more)
Dirty and well traveled locomotives. The mainstay of the very busy Natal Main Line, or the Natal Corridor as it is also known, in terms of motive power, the Class 18E. 18-079 / 18-054 stand ready... (more)
The back end of a loaded ore train passes through a big S curve between loop 7 and 8 with E9023 at the back.
An empty ore train crosses the bridge between Doringbaai and Strandfontein on the west coast with 15017 at the back.
20031 and 20032 lead the Blue Train north here just outside Wellington.
Big spark from the pantograph against the overhead as the Prasa test train heads north through Sandhills.
Two class 35s with a mix freight through Niekerkshek heading from Voorbaai to Worcester.
"Double O Seven" leads and empty ore train north past a nice patch of green after the recent winter rains.
