Transnet’s Phelophepa health care train is seen climbing a long grade between Ionia and Meynel, dwarfed by a backdrop of typical eastern Free State mountain scenery, with prominent sandstone clif... (more)

Against a backdrop of typical eastern Free State mountain scenery, a pair of class 34 GE's are just about at the top of the climb from Kommandonek to Ionia, working Transnet's Phelophepa health ca... (more)

At Sekonyela, east of Ficksburg, the early morning sunlight greets Transnet's 18-car Phelophepa health care train. The two class 34 GE's in Spoornet orange livery are working hard to haul the trai... (more)

A late running Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe speeds along the single track section between Potchefstroom and Welverdiend, just south of Boskop station. The lead locomotive is in the shor... (more)

A 100 wagon train of empty high capacity coal wagons is eastbound between Arbor and Kendal, with four of Transnet Freight Rail’s Class 10E1 Co-Co 3kvA heavy haul freight locomotives, still sportin... (more)

I call them “Big Blues”, but train crews refer to them as “breadbins”..... Transnet Freight Rail’s Class 10E/10E1/10E2 Co-Co 3kvA heavy haul freight locomotives, still sporting predecessor Spoorne... (more)

On a beautiful autumn afternoon, two of Transnet Freight Rail's Class 10E1 Co-Co 3kvA heavy haul freight locomotives are seen just west of Arbor station, crossing the Wilgerivier (Willow River) wi... (more)

I call them “Big Blues”, but train crews refer to them as “breadbins”…. Transnet Freight Rail’s Class 10E/10E1/10E2 Co-Co 3kvA heavy haul freight locomotives, still sporting predecessor Spoornet’s... (more)

As autumn rain clouds build up in the east, a quartet of rather dirty Class 18E’s is seen entering Argent station, with a long train of tarpaulin covered “DZ’s”, the most well known type of open w... (more)

Each year in March, pink and white Cosmos flowers are in full bloom all over the South African Highveld, signalling the end of a long, hot summer. A very grubby 40-year old Class 6E leads a Class ... (more)

RRL Grindrod has the contract to haul reef for Harmony Gold from Brand siding in Welkom, to the Nyala and Tshepong mines at Friedesheim and Odendaalsrus respectively, which involves operating over... (more)

A few days of late summer rains have produced a beautifully crisp and clear morning, which finds the Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe approaching the R501 road bridge between Frederikstad a... (more)

The recommissioning of Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from #8) included a repaint in an eyecatching bright red livery. Here #2 smokes it up while hauling empties from Harmony One Plant to the exchang... (more)

Resplendent in its new red and orange livery, recommissioned Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from # 8) is heading away from the photographer towards Harmony's Bambanani mine, where it will reverse dir... (more)

Harmony Gold's # 1 hauls a train load of reef from Brand siding towards Harmony One Plant for processing. Brand siding is the exchange point, where RRL Grindrod locomotives hand over their loaded ... (more)