This pair of class 34's are working hard up the long grade out of Boons station, hauling Rovos Rail's train from Victoria Falls as far as Krugersdorp, where one or two electric locomotives will ta... (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)

Sunrise at Oberholzer, and the green signal gives the first Metrorail train of the day a clear road ahead as it departs to Johannesburg at 06:50.

Rovos Rail's Victoria falls - Pretoria train swings into the curve as it passes Metz siding. When the train reaches Krugersdorp, these diesels will be replaced by one or two electric locomotives f... (more)

The Class 36 entered service in 1975 as the SAR's standard diesel-electric shunting locomotive. This pair of 36's in Spoornet orange livery has spent several hours shunting the fuel depot at Tarlt... (more)

A lone pedestrian walking along the track is oblivious to the luxurious train passing him by. Rovos Rail's train from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is back in South Africa and heading east to its hom... (more)

The roller coaster nature of the Krugersdorp - Mafikeng line is evident in this shot of Rovos Rail's "Pride of Africa" safari train heading east to Johannesburg behind two Class 34 diesels.

Privately owned Rovos Rail operate their "Pride of Africa" luxury train safaris from their home base in Pretoria, to several destinations in Southern Africa. The bushveld that is so typical of thi... (more)

Privately owned Rovos Rail operate their "Pride of Africa" luxury train safaris to several destinations in Southern Africa, using regular motive power supplied by the respective railways. Two of T... (more)

A sign of the times? There is no load for these Class 6E1's E1565 and E1678, running light engine through Dryden, with sister loco E1570 dead-in-tow. E1565 is wearing the Spoornet maroon/oxblood c... (more)

Class 19D 2650 "Cheugnette" takes a break at Pretoria North while working a Friends of the Rail "Tshwane Explorer" excursion train ("Tshwane" is set to become the new name for the city of Pretoria... (more)

On a quiet Sunday afternoon at Pretoria North, four Metrorail 5M2A trainsets await their next turn of duty. The thick black smoke is from a motor vehicle accident on the adjacent highway.

Twenty years have passed since the old South African Railways (SAR) became Spoornet (and more recently, Transnet Freight Rail), yet a number of Class 6E1 electrics remain in their original SAR red... (more)

In the days of the old South African Railways (SAR), trains from the south headed for Coligny and Lichtenburg would have to reverse direction at Welverdiend. A new cut-off built by Spoornet about ... (more)