E1608 leads the first of 2 Premier Classe specials from Cape Town back to Johannesburg, approaching Sandhills here outside Worcester.

With just the dying embers of the autumn afternoon’s sun remaining, and running ahead of schedule at 17:12hrs, 18-434 & 18-435 are seen here negotiating the difficult section through the top of ... (more)

The Durban daylight sitter crosses the Suikerbosrand river near Fortuna. This is the second last running of this train with the last running next Friday

A local herdsman looks on, while his Nguni cattle graze behind him out of shot, as Shosholoza Meyl's "Daylight Sitter" service to Johannesburg on a Sunday, with 18-415 / 18-422 in charge, passes b... (more)

The Port Elizabeth passenger passing the semaphore signals at Rooiwal on the way to Johannesburg

A friendly wave from the crew of 18-403 as they are about to pass under the steel road bridge at Congella with a Premier Classe set. The train has about 10 minutes left of its overnight trip from... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Amatola" from East London to Johannesburg is running on time this morning, crossing the Blomspruit (flower creek) bridge just south of the entrance to Gunhill yard, which it wil... (more)

18-422 in her "Blue" PRASA livery, together with 18-412 ("Purple" Shosholoza Meyl livery) are bang on time as they leave Lidgetton Station behind them with the Sunday morning return service of the... (more)

The northbound Amatola from East London to Johannesburg is seen just north of Westleigh station, heading towards Heuningspruit. The outer home and distant semaphore signal for southbound trains is... (more)

The 6E1 fleet of Prasa in Cape Town get stored at Monument Station when not running, here E1818 and E1552 bask in the morning sun.

18-427 / 18-403 arrived in Durban at about 10pm last night with the Friday (Johannesburg - Durban) "Daylight Sitter" service. The train has just been brought down to the Carriage & Wagon pits for... (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)

Running about 30 minutes late, the northbound "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg is approaching Kroonstad on a bright and sunny summer morning. The train is crossing the Blomspruit (flowe... (more)

36-251 is seen here busy shunting the Shosholoza Meyl / Trans Natal down to the Carriage & Wagon Inspection Yard. Shunt assistants are about to exchange clearance information re the inspection pi... (more)

PRASA 6E1s E1454 & E1455 with the East London Shosholoza Meyl passenger bound for Johannesburg passing through Rooiwal.