North of Potchefstroom, the Premier Classe follows the original Cape main line via Welverdiend, which is mostly single track as far as Randfontein. On a sunny winter morning, a single class 6E1 is... (more)

A massive grass fire near Carletonville has caused clouds of smoke to darken the sky on this sunny winter morning, as the Premier Classe speeds through New Machavie, northbound to Johannesburg. Th... (more)

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" climbs the grade from Middelvlei, passing the newly opened Lafarge Cement plant, as clouds move in from the south.

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" is 42 km from its final destination, as it passes Rand Uranium's large mine dump between Robinson and Millsite. The dump is being processed to extract... (more)

Just to prove that it can happen, the Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" is running 30 minutes ahead of schedule, as it approaches the R501 road bridge between Frederikstad and Gatsrand.

The Shosholoza Meyl "Tourism" heading through the Nuwekloof as it makes its way northwards from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The 5th and 6th coaches from the front are the dining and kitchen cars.

As the sun plays hide and seek amongst the clouds, a 6E1 in original SAR red livery leads three orange sisters on a short mixed freight from Belville to Worcester, seen here near Malan. The third ... (more)

These three 6E1's, running light loco to Ogies, are moving away from the camera as they pass a westbound mixed freight on the adjacent track. The blue 6E1 (E1585) is one of only a handful that wer... (more)

A string of Class 6E1s await their next duties alongside a pair of Class 10Es.

4 Class 6E1 locomotives stands ready to depart the Leeuhof yard with a train of fly ash,heading to the Lafarge cement plant at Colligny with E1623 leading.

Against the backdrop of Bailey's Peak in the Cape winelands, passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl's "Trans Karoo" economy service from Johannesburg to Cape Town approaches the town of Wellington. Th... (more)

The weather forecast said partly cloudy, but for this shot I was lucky and got the sunny part, plus a bonus - my first sighting of double 6E1's in the new passenger livery! Shosholoza Meyl's Cape ... (more)

Passenger train operator Shosholoza Meyl's "Trans Karoo" economy service from Johannesburg to Cape Town, makes its way through the Nuwekloof behind 6E1's E1950 in purple Shosholoza Meyl livery, an... (more)

Newly outshopped 6E1 E1657 in purple "Shosholoza Meyl" livery, teams up with a very grubby E1496 in original SAR red to work the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe".

One of my favourite locations on the Free State main line, Rooiwal (red embankment) is one of the few remaining examples of a reasonably well maintained South African country station, with its gra... (more)