Minutes after sunrise on a crisp winter morning, four class 34 GE U26C's power up the long grade leading out of the Groot Marico valley with a block load of soda ash, heading east to Krugersdorp.
A matched set of four class 10E1 3kV DC Co-Co locomotives in the Spoornet orange livery, running through a deep cutting at Rietvleirus west of Ermelo, with a 100 wagon train of coal empties return... (more)
Barely two minutes after the herd of cattle had cleared the tracks (photo ID 302972), Class 34's 34-089 & 34-121 rolled through Battery siding with an eastbound container train, headed for Waterva... (more)
A week long maintenance closure of the Cape main line between De Aar and Kimberley resulted in the luxury Blue Train (as well as Rovos Rail and the Premier Classe) being rerouted via Noupoort and ... (more)
After a few hours sleep, I left home at 02:45 and drove 300 km (186 miles) to arrive at this location just before the sun began to rise over the river. There was no sign of any trains on this doub... (more)