Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth is passing the classic semaphore Down main and Down loop starter signals at the south end of Heuningspruit station, as it heads north to Johannesburg ... (more)

A local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg is entering one of the passing loops at Heuningspruit, threading its way between the still operational semaphore signals for southbound trains. The frei... (more)

The local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg usually gets underway well before sunrise, but on this occasion ran about four hours late. An added bonus was the class 34 in the new Transnet Freight... (more)

Heuningspruit on the Free State main line is one of the last remaining stations in South Africa that evokes memories of country stations on the old South African Railways (SAR) and is also one of ... (more)

Spot on time at 06:24, the luxury Blue Train is running through Heuningspruit, passing the starter signal at the north end of the station. The train is led by class 14E class leader 14-001 and is ... (more)

Unfortunately, finding a clean class 6E1 on Transnet Freight Rail these days is a rarity, so coming across this pair in two different Spoornet liveries on the same train was an absolute pleasure! ... (more)

Heuningspruit (Honey Creek) is one of the five stations on the Free State mainline that still have operating semaphore signals. A pair of 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery are about to pass the star... (more)

The Train Control Officer (TCO) at Heuningspruit makes a telephone call to his colleague at the next station. The track diagram above the lever frame has been recently updated, since the main plat... (more)

Train 74211, southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, passing the starter signal for northbound trains at Heuningspruit. The concrete sleepers and ballast in the foreground are t... (more)

One of my rarest catches of the year! Only 3 or 4 sets of passenger coaches remain in their original South African Railways (SAR) red and grey livery, and these are only used in peak holiday perio... (more)

The northbound "Amatola" from East London to Johannesburg is entering Heuningspruit station on the Up Main and passing the starter signals for the Down Main and Down Loop. On this particular morni... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Tourism" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg, also known as the "Algoa", pulls out of Heuningspruit on the Free State main line after being held for a preceeding freight. The st... (more)

The starter signal is pulled off and Shosholoza Meyl's "Tourism" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg, also known as the "Algoa", pulls out of Heuningspruit on the Free State main line after being ... (more)

Train 47238, a holiday extra from East London, is northbound to Johannesburg on the Free State main line, in beautiful early morning light, behind class 6E1 E1454. The passenger coaches are still ... (more)

In beautiful early morning light, class 6E1 E1454 heads north out of Heuningspruit on the Free State main line, working train 47238 from East London to Johannesburg, one of the many holiday extras... (more)