Sunrise at Capital Park finds driver Steve Smith contemplating the day ahead, while fireman Peter Odell applies some spit and polish to the boiler.

Friends of the Rail's 19D 4-8-2 sits on the ash pit at Capital Park depot.

From a low of -5 celsius, the temperature had warmed somewhat by the time Transnet Freight Rail's Phelophepa 1 health care train left Bothaville on a repositioning move to Bloemfontein. Appropriat... (more)

From a low of -5 celsius, the temperature had warmed somewhat by the time Transnet Freight Rail's Phelophepa 1 health care train left Bothaville on a repositioning move to Bloemfontein. Appropriat... (more)

Friends of the Rail's class 19D 4-8-2 with 6-axle vanderbilt tender, is hauling a short mixed train south of Cullinan, recreating a scene that would have been seen regularly on various branch line... (more)

Friends of the Rail's class 19D 4-8-2 with 6-axle Vanderbilt tender, is hauling a short mixed train south of Cullinan, recreating a scene that would have been seen regularly on various branch line... (more)

Friends of the Rail's class 19D 4-8-2 is hauling a short mixed train south of Cullinan, recreating a scene that would have been seen regularly on various branch lines around South Africa 40 or 50 ... (more)

Friends of the Rail's class 19D 4-8-2 poses for photographers at Capital Park in Pretoria during a David Benn Photo Charter.

Three 18E's on a Johannesburg to Durban container train passing a field of cosmos blossoms at Sprucewell.

On 19th & 20th May, five of the first ten Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotiv... (more)

On 19th & 20th May, five of the first ten Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotiv... (more)

On 19th & 20th May, five of the first ten Class 20E Bo-Bo dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Loc... (more)

A late running train 9402 provided an opportunity to photograph a location where the trains are scheduled to run at night. Five class 39-200's hauling 50 type CR wagons, loaded with chrome ore fro... (more)

The lower (northern) section of the Belfast - Lydenburg - Steelpoort branch line twists and turns its way from an altitude of 563 meters (1847 ft) at Steelpoort to 1421 meters (4662 ft) at Lydenbu... (more)

The lower (northern) section of the Belfast - Lydenburg - Steelpoort branch line twists and turns its way from an altitude of 563 meters (1847 ft) at Steelpoort to 1421 meters (4662 ft) at Lydenbu... (more)