An unidentified 14R receives attention.

The Trans Natal early on a winter morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban), headed by Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into th... (more)

The Grime Side Of The Force indeed Jean-Marc Frybourg! I photographed Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-645 (pictured here at Boughton Station in Pietermaritzburg), as a brand new locomotive shor... (more)

Class 18E, 18-266, looking good in her somewhat refreshed Spoornet ‘blue” livery is pictured here running down past Boughton Station (contra flow on the “up” loop line). She had a load of... (more)

This Durban bound container train, headed by Class 18E (Series 1) locomotive 18-088, is seen here at the top of Boughton. The train is about to tackle the very steep gradient down into Pietermar... (more)

South African Superpower. This was the most modern of South African Steam locomotives and the last of the class were delivered in 1957. They were the standard motive power on this line until rep... (more)

Looking for all the world like it was 1972, this preserved GMAM hauls her train upgrade from Albert Falls towards Pietermaritsburg. She is still operated by Creighton Municipality.

Cityview was a favourite location for rail photography in South Africa into the early 1970s when these behemoths hauled a parade of trains around this horseshoe curve. Double-heading was not unco... (more)

Maureen is the oldest Cape Gauge Locomotive still in nominal working order. She is operated by Umgeni Steam Railways and should soon be working trains again. This railway is a part of the origin... (more)

A grain train weaves it's way around the Boughton Balloon towards Pietermaritzburg.

A short Durban bound Rovos Rail set negotiating the top loop at Boughton on the drop down into Pietermaritzburg. Although Rovos Rail have a fairly extensive collection of vintage locomotives of t... (more)

Just after a rather splendid spring sunrise in Pietermaritzburg this morning, as the overnight, Durban Bound, Shosholoza Meyl / Trans Natal, with 18-430 / 18-429 in charge cross the Pentrich Viadu... (more)

An early winter morning, as Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into the "Purple" Shosholoza Meyl livery, is seen here unravelling from the top balloon at Boughton wi... (more)

18-646 is in charge of this empty "Python" - 65 X CAR (Ore) Wagons, seen here crossing the Pentrich Viaduct in Pietermaritzburg en-route to Newcastle.

Short mixed loads are very seldom seen on the Natal Main Line. This is 18-055, crossing the Pentrich Viaduct and bound for Durban, with a short mixed load - including a steel coil, a timber wagon... (more)