Three class 18E's with a 50-wagon container train in tow, negotiate one of the endless curves between Volksrust and Newcastle, on the Johannesburg - Durban mainline.

Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. Three class 18... (more)

On a hot summer afternoon, a thunderstorm is building up over the Gauteng highveld, as this class 36 GE shunter in Spoornet orange livery, hauls a work train south towards Meyerton, after unloadin... (more)

It is late in the afternoon as the sun pops out from behind the clouds as 2 Class 33's leads a Rovos train downhill about to cross the Gouritz river heading to Cape Town.

A short freight behind 2 Class 33's approaches Niekerkshek on a beautiful winters day.

A pair of class 6E1's, in Spoornet orange livery, are heading south towards Vereeniging, running light engine and hauling two more dead loco's of the same class.

A Metrorail train from Johannesburg southbound to Vereeniging, approaching Skansdam junction, while a coal train hauled by five class 18E's led by 18-259, wait on the Sentrarand avoiding line for ... (more)

Forty years after delivery of the last GE U26C class 34 diesels to the South African Railways (SAR) in 1973, some of these veterans continue to survive in their original SAR red livery with yellow... (more)

TRAINS CAN KILL.... to make motorists more aware of the dangers of arguing with a train, Transnet Freight Rail has erected large billboards at certain level crossings along the secondary main line... (more)

In the last light of the day 18330 leads this loaded coal train through Boughton heading towards Durban.

Loaded fuel tankers for Botswana head down the long grade into the Magaliesburg valley, behind four class 34 GE U26C's, led by no. 34-120 in original SAR red livery.

Having run light engine from Millsite depot in Krugersdorp, this quartet of class 34 GE U26C's has slowed to a crawl at the west end of Tarlton station, to allow the drivers assistant to climb dow... (more)

Five class 34 GE U26C's, led by 34-403 from the 400 series, climb the grade out of Swartruggens, eastbound to Krugersdorp with a 36-wagon train of soda ash from Sua Pan in the neighbouring country... (more)

Transnet Pipelines has a terminal loading facility (out of sight behind this train) at Tarlton on the Krugersdorp - Mafikeng line, from where rail tankers are loaded and dispatched almost daily to... (more)

Early morning sunlight catches three class 34 GE U26C's grinding uphill out of the Magaliesburg valley with empty fuel tankers from the neighbouring country of Botswana. The covered goods wagon be... (more)