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.

Built in 1915 the last remaining Class 12AR is currently having 8 boiler tubes replaced. She will then return to her duties as the mainstay of the Reefsteamers fleet of steam locomotives. This w... (more)

The Red Devil had just been restored when this picture of a northbound departure from Orange River Station was taken. Today the line is electrified and the semaphore signals replaced by CTC signa... (more)

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

Amongst a maze of catenary masts and overhead wires, a pair of class 34 GM diesels sit in Hercules yard at sunset, waiting for their next assignment.

The luxury Blue Train, northbound from Cape Town to Pretoria, is framed by the rusting footbridge at Fochville station as it speeds through behind a pair of class 14E Bo-Bo electrics. These locomo... (more)

34-087 near nears Derby with Victoria Falls bound Rovos rail train on the Mafikeng line

A batch of 30 diesel and three electric ex-Queensland Railways locomotives was recently imported into South Africa from Australia by three South African companies - AR&TS, RRL Grindrod and SAFLog.... (more)

A batch of 30 diesel and three electric ex-Queensland Railways locomotives was recently imported into South Africa from Australia by three South African companies - AR&TS, RRL Grindrod and SAFLog.... (more)

One of the early batch of the standard mixed traffic main line steam locomotives of the South African Railways departs from Koornburg with a mixed train bound for Malmesbury.

Sisonke GMAM 4074 climbing to Donnybrook with the morning cyclist train during the Aloe Festival in Creigthon

Randfontein Estates Gold Mine maintained a fleet of ex South African Railways class GMAM Garratt locomitives to haul 1000 ton gold ore trains from their shafts to the reduction plants. This spect... (more)

South African rail and logistics solutions company RRL Grindrod, is building its second batch of locomotives for African Minerals Limited in Sierra Leone, West Africa. No.1201, first off the produ... (more)

On a sunny winter morning, a Gautrain 4-car EMU set is seen climbing the long grade to Midrand station, en route from Johannesburg to Pretoria. The large complex behind the train is the Nizamiye T... (more)

Passing through the many wine and fruit farms with the town of Bonnievale in the distance.