19D 3322 on a short passenger train, passing the grain silo at Ceres

No. 3655 romps home on the Cape Main line after 3 days of photo charter work

A Ceres Rail photo charter and the first runpast of the day in the wine producing area of the Nuy valley, near Worcester. The Langeberge - "Long Mountains" (which accompany the line for ... (more)

Locals wait the arrival of the Saturday afternoon local train... A Ceres Rail photo charter

Arrival!

A Simonstown - Fishhoek train heads north along the glorious False Bay shoreline.

The first light of the day kisses the first train of the day from Simonstown.

Roman Rock lighthouse stands guard.

The Blue Train passing through Paarl station, on its way north.

The signal box (tower) seen in the picture was one of the last manual (semaphore) boxes used on the Cape main line and was ta... (more)

The Blue Train behind two Class 18E

After the saga of the self-igniting 14Es, the Blue Train was hauled for a while by 18Es, the standard 3kV DC electric unit in South Africa. Haulage on the... (more)

The Blue Train behind two Class 20Es.

The first 10 of a total of 80 Class 20Es were built in China by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company in 2013, the rest were built locally. Only 20-0... (more)

The Blue Train behind two Class 14Es.

The 14Es were the first dual-voltage (3kV DC and 25kV AC) electric locos built for South Africa. The class leaders 14-001 to 14-003 were built in 1994 b... (more)

In addition to their regular Cape Town-Elgin excursions, Ceres Rail have been offering a new Bot River-Elgin series of trips that have operated once a month since April.

Here we see the first o... (more)

The X'Trapolis series are Alsthom's generic multiple unit passenger train. The X'Trapolis - Mega 3'6" (1065mm) variant has been built in South Africa since 2017.

The town of Simonstown pr... (more)

Trains crossing the bridge spanning the Bot River ("Butter River") have been photographed many times over the years. 19D 3322 does the honours for 2025. A Ceres Rail photo charter

Autumn Blue: We enjoy the last few days of a balmy Cape autumn as the Blue Train heads north from Cape Town