Another angle on Photo ID 438475. Heavy overnight December summer rain resulted in the Amanzimtoti River coming down in flood and eroding into the supporting bank of the line down to the KwaZulu ... (more)

Heavy overnight December summer rain resulted in the Amanzimtoti River coming down in flood and eroding into the supporting bank of the line down to the KwaZulu Natal South Coast at the mouth of t... (more)

As a result of a SPAD infringement these two 10M5 commuter sets rubbed noses at New Durban Yard. PRASA / Metrorail are the National and only suburban commuter operator in South Africa.

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 wrecked remains of Class 14E1, 14-102, at De Aar Depot. The locomotive was working the Blue Train and was involved in a head-on collision with the Trans Karoo (another passenger train) at Dee... (more)

Another angle on Photo ID 411192. A SPAD (Signal Passed At Danger) infringement resulted in these two Type 10M5 Metrorail sets colliding at the entrance to the large Metrorail Yard just north of ... (more)

One of Transnet Freight Rail's "new" Luxrailer Inspection Trolleys, K9525020 (3 litre petrol engine), passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands.

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... (more)

The first one off on an early miserable winter morning. A consignment of ex QR National locomotives were shipped to South Africa in June 2012 for various rail companies. This is 1775D being crane... (more)

Day 1 of off loading! Wet, miserable and very smelly (fermenting / rotting fish meal) conditions for the unloading of these ex Queensland Railway diesel locomotives! Transnet Freight Rail importe... (more)

Two new Class 20E electric locomotives, 20 006 & 20 007, make their way on to the pier at O Shed in Durban Harbour via the floating crane "Indlovu". They have just arrived in Durban from China ab... (more)

Circa 1955. This is a scan of an original historical image purchased on an online auction in South Africa – unfortunately the photographer is unknown. Class DE2 No. 1200 (the class leader) pic... (more)

Transnet Freight Rail have imported 34 ex Queensland Railway locomotives. This is No. 2270 being craned off the BBC Ohio in Durban this morning. It is believed that the locomotives will be refur... (more)

(See photo ID 490300 for the "before"). Three newly refurbished RRL Grindrod Diesel Locomotives being readied for their journey to Ncala - Mozambique by sea. This is the first of the three, Ex K... (more)

Kirk Falls, a great location, but an extremely tricky place to obtain photographs at! The waterfall forms part of an enclosed (on three of the four sides) "amphitheatre" type geographical rock fo... (more)