Four locomotives of the SAR class 6E1 are hauling a long freight train out of Kroonstad.

South African branch line GMA Garratt takes on water at Koloniesplass

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Late on a stormy afternoon now and with reference to my previous photo, Photo ID: 657219. E1524 is now trailing as the units head back to their depot at Umbilo in Durban. They had dropped off th... (more)

Heading into an afternoon thunderstorm. A casual wave from the driver of Class 6E1, E1524, in her original South African Railways livery (even if somewhat refreshed) and still sporting a full set... (more)

The Trans Natal on a hot and very humid summer morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban - and return), headed by Class 6E1, E1510. The train, pictured here clim... (more)

The Trans Natal early on a winter morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban), headed by Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into th... (more)

Modified Class 5E1 Series 5 locomotive, E1101, originally built in 1968 pictured here on a very rare occasion down the KwaZulu Natal South Coast at Pennington. The Late Colonel André Kritzinger ... (more)

Class 6E1 locomotives E1513 / E1540 / E1783 are pictured here at Ilfracombe on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast as they make their way back to their depot at Wentworth, in Durban. They had just dropp... (more)

Just remembering. Almost three years now already since the demise of the last of working industrial steam operations in South Africa. Saiccor No. 1, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No... (more)

The Red Devil on the move! After been stored for many years in Cape Town, the Red Devil is being transferred to Worcester for restoration. Ceres Rail will be using her on trips between Cape Town a... (more)