On what had been an overcast and rainy day, a beautiful sunset began to look really promising. So I made a mad dash from my home in Manhattan to Queens in time to catch this Flushing-bound No.7 Ex... (more)
The rising sun has just broken the horizon in Queens, New York, as an early morning A train running from Far Rockaway to Manhattan, crosses the North Channel of Jamaica Bay and heads to its next s... (more)
Transnet Freight Rail's first new diesels in 30-odd years are being built at Transnet Rail Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops, in conjunction with EMD. They are 6-axle, 3200hp locomotives, EMD m... (more)
Three of the class 6E1's allocated for use on passenger trains, E1397, E1464 and E1654, were repainted at Koedoespoort workshops in the Shosholoza Meyl livery and released back into service this w... (more)
At sunrise on a cool winter morning, Friends of the Rail's ex- South African Railways class 19D 4-8-2 no. 2650 is shrouded in steam at the club's Capital Park depot.