Four class 10Es pass Redan on their way to Johannesburg

This trio of Class 38 electro-diesels is hauling 35 loads of coal up the grade towards Argent station, headed up by class leader 38-001 sporting the new TFR livery. Visible in the left background ... (more)

Cosmos in full bloom on the Highveld can only mean one thing - summer is over and autumn is on the way. With the pink and white blossoms adding splashes of colour along the tracks, this coal train... (more)

Reefsteamers Class 12AR 1535 returns to the mainline after a year out of service for her 3 year boiler inspection

Its 6:45am on a winter morning as 18-405 heads a Shosholoza Meyl (Trans Natal) across the Pentrich Viaduct and leaves Pietermaritzburg behind, for the final stage of the journey on to Durban. Thi... (more)

Two 6E1 locomotives (E1314 & E1389) in the old Spoornet "Orange" livery head a Premier Classe "Tourism Indaba Special" over the Umgababa Bridge while on their way back to Durban Station from Umkom... (more)

18-221 runs up the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of empty Car Carrier Wagons bound for Durban. The car moving business is brisk on the Natal Ma... (more)

Not often we get to see five Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) red liveried 18Es working a train together in KZN - the Umbilo Locomotive Depot, where the units originate from are not big on colour codin... (more)

At the 2:00pm shift change, these Anglo Platinum locomotives are lined up at Waterval yard, waiting for their new crews to begin the afternoon shift, while storm clouds gather overhead.

Anglo Platinum's C30-EMP no. 3008 climbs the grade through Paardekraal cutting with its train of 20 loaded hoppers from the Thembalani mine, headed for the reduction plant at Waterval.

Three Class 35's lead a mix freight through Nuy a couple of km outside Worcester late in the afternoon.

The Magaliesberg mountains loom in the background, as Anglo Platinum's C30-EMP no. 3008 backs its train of 20 loaded hoppers out onto the main line from the short siding that serves the Thembalani... (more)

The rising moon is already well above the eastern horizon as the setting sun lights up this set of five class 18E's in Spoornet blue and TFR red liveries, hauling a heavy westbound coal train. A s... (more)

The first batches of class 18E rebuilds to enter service all wore the Spoornet blue livery. However, the rebranding to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has seen the introduction of a much more colourfu... (more)

In the mid-1990's the Rustenburg Platinum Mine helped extend the life of several South African Railways class 15CA and 15F 4-8-2 steam locomotives, which they hired from S.A.R. to work on their ex... (more)