Class 8E, E8077, a centre cab electric shunting locomotive, in her very faded old blue Spoornet livery, works a 10M5 Motor Coach into the main Metrorail Yard just north of Durban Station. Another... (more)

Fluid / liquid substance haulage via rail from the coast to the Highveld, particularly of Jet Fuel for O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, is very regular on the Natal Main Line / NA... (more)

As the "Jolly Roger", a veteran harbour pleasure craft (and an institution in itself locally) sails past, the final fully assembled Class 20E direct from China, 20 010, is about to be cr... (more)

The final fully assembled Class 20E direct from China, 20 010, is about to be craned onto the wharf at O Shed in Durban Harbour via the floating crane "Indlovu". She had just arrived in ... (more)

Transnet Freight Rail's Luxrailer Inspection Trolley K9525020 is seen here passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. With the Natal Main Line (NML), or the Natal Corridor ... (more)

18-130 is seen here running through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands at sunrise with a load of empty cement wagons bound for Durban. Lions River Station is frequently used for cre... (more)

A thunder storm has just passed through the area and we were left with a beautiful late autumn afternoon as 18-521 and a container train pass by the front of Michaelhouse (a top private boy's scho... (more)

18-425 & 18-423 undergo a scheduled early morning crew change at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, with a Durban bound Premier Classe set. The train had left Johannesburg the prev... (more)

18-008 climbs the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a mixed freight train. Mixed freights are not that often seen on the Natal Main Line. A single Class... (more)

18-007 aka "Bond" heads a container train out of KwaZulu Natal through Colenso. The train will make a stop at Danskraal / Ladysmith for a crew change, before continuing on to Kaserne in... (more)

18-236 is in charge of this Container Train (45 wagons) as it passes down gradient through Boughton Station in Pietermaritzburg bound for Durban. The Natal Main line was very busy today and conta... (more)

Class 18E, 18-119, fresh out the paint shops in her stunning red Transnet Freight Rail livery, is seen here passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of tanker ... (more)

The biggest train on the Natal Main Line, known as the "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons, which are used to transport coal / manganese. This train is a regular and is always headed by five Class 18E uni... (more)

Early on a bright Sunday morning as the PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) / Shosholoza Meyl shunter in Durban, 36-251, exits her overnight staging spot in the Catering Shed just north ... (more)

Class 18E units, 18-415 & 18-404, in their (faded and very dirty) purple Shosholoza Meyl livery, just after their arrival in Durban this morning with an overnight Shosholoza Meyl "ANC Special... (more)