Our chartered train rounds the oft photographed curve near the Zulu village of Mjila on the rugged and never completed Cape Natal line. At first glance Garratt locomotives look strange to America... (more)
Our chartered mixed train rounds the oft photographed curve near the Zulu village of Mjila. A David Rogers special. My wife says the red flowers are called Red Hot Pokers, which sounds appropria... (more)
A Zulu woman harvests grass for her cow while below her a GMAM Garratt climbs towards Donnybrook. I previously posted a shot taken two days earlier at this same location, but running bunker first... (more)
On the Cape-Natal branch GMAM 4074 climbs the steep grade between Ceighton and Donnybrook with a mixed train in early morning light. The round huts (rondavels) are typical Zulu homes. Steam Loco... (more)
A GMAM Garratt heads a special mixed train on the steeply graded Natal line that started as a through route from Durban to Capetown, but was never completed due to the rough country. The countrys... (more)