A signal check at Andrea junction for the late running Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" doesn't help these 6E1's to make up lost time. This is the junction for the branch to Coligny and L... (more)

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" is running 30 minutes late this morning and this pair of 6E1's are doing their best to make up time, as they sweep through a curve between Safarcamp a... (more)

In steam days, Magaliesburg station was an important watering point, as all trains faced long climbs out of the station in both directions - east to Krugersdorp, or west to Zeerust. The line was d... (more)

Three colour schemes (Spoornet orange, Spoornet blue and SAR red) are represented in this lash-up of four class 34's, seen at Tarlton. Having run light engine from Millsite depot in Krugersdorp, t... (more)

Four class 34's sweep around the curve approaching Orient level crossing with 36 loaded fuel tankers, bound for Botswana. These locomotives will take the train as far as Mafikeng, where Botswana R... (more)

A lash-up of four GE class 34's is ready to depart from Tarlton station with 36 loaded fuel tankers, bound for Botswana. These locomotives will take the train as far as Mafikeng, where Botswana Ra... (more)

Normally, it's only diesel trains that pass through here! A family group living next to the side of the 2' gauge "Apple Express" line are surprised by the sudden appearance of Class NG15 No.119 (H... (more)

A broadside view of the first Class 15E built for Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), as it sits on the transverser at The UCW Partnership factory. The recessed roof section is necessary to accommodate t... (more)

GE Class 34 # 34-406 speeds towards Kroonstad on the Free State main line with the 16-car Phelophepa health care train.

Four class 18E's head east through Dryden minutes before sunrise, with a block load of coal empties.

Soon after leaving Frankfort, the 16-car Phelophepa health care train snakes its way downgrade towards the Wilge River with two Class 35-200's in charge. The train has spent a week serving the loc... (more)

The 16-car Phelophepa health care train with GE Class 34 # 34-406 in charge, runs through Hennenman on its way to Kroonstad. The train has come off the non-electrified branch line from Bothaville,... (more)