Sunrise and another busy day ahead. One of the many hard working Class 36 (200) diesel shunting locomotives (GM-EMD SW1002), 36-214, working around the Maydon Wharf / Bayhead / Durban area. Slow... (more)

EXX-3001/2/3 while staged in a yard in Maydon Wharf, Durban, awaiting the arrival of a ship to take them through to Brazzaville in the Congo. The three locomotives (EXX-3001 / EXX-3002 / EXX-3003)... (more)

On a miserable winter morning this is ex Queensland Railway Class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co, 1768D, shortly after being craned off the "Clipper Amber" and secured on a flatbed trailer ready... (more)

1729D hangs in the slings waiting for 1742D to depart on the long slow road trip from Durban to Pretoria. On a miserable winter morning this is ex Queensland Railway Class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co,... (more)

Lashed down and ready for a long slow road trip from Durban to Pretoria. On a miserable winter morning this is ex Queensland Railway Class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co, 1769D, shortly after being crane... (more)

Three newly refurbished RRL Grindrod Diesel Locomotives, bound for Ncala – Mozambique, have just been loaded onto Transnet's Floating Crane "Indlovu Durban". The vessel collecting them for their j... (more)

The mixed batch of 34 ex Tranz Metro (New Zealand) motor coaches and trailers that arrived in Durban, South Africa on board the MV Pangani. They are pictured here, just after sunrise, in a holding... (more)

Lifting RRL 22-01, while ex SAR / Transnet Freight Rail Class 35, now RRL 35-07 awaits its turn for lifting. On this day, three newly refurbished RRL Grindrod Diesel Locomotives were being readie... (more)

Sunrise and a new lease on life for these vintage (1965/66) diesel locomotives, originally designed & built by General Electric as model GE U20C. Ex SAR (South African Railway) / Transnet Freight ... (more)

1722D just after being loaded onto an articulated flatbed trailer. On the 18th September 2013 a consignment of 24 ex Queensland Rail locomotives arrived by sea in Durban, South Africa. 16 were for... (more)

1722D being heavy lifted onto an awaiting articulated flatbed trailer. On the 18th September 2013 a consignment of 24 ex Queensland Rail locomotives arrived by sea in Durban, South Africa. 16 were... (more)

Bubble wrapped from China. The first one off the Indonesian registered vessel, Kato Bangga, of the eighteen Chinese built diesel locomotives for SNCC (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Cong... (more)

The last two of the eighteen Chinese built diesel locomotives for SNCC (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo) in the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1903-0 & 1908-5, are still in ... (more)

African Rail & Traction Services (AR & TS) have these two locomotives, AB 1501 and AB 1502 (AB Class Clyde/EMD G22C), back in Durban unliveried, prepped and waiting for a ship to dock and take the... (more)

The four 422 Class Clyde / EMD J26C (Standard Gauge) locomotives, with 42211 in front, as well as the container flat wagons are still in Durban. They were part of a total of 23 locomotives of var... (more)