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)

A brand new class 43 diesel locomotive is nearing the final stages of assembly as it is lowered onto it's pair of bogies.

NG\G 16 153 & 113 passing Pandora pond - Stars of Sandstone 2015

NG\G 16 153 & 113 climb through the curves from Vailima siding to Vailima summit - Stars of Sandstone 2015

The young fireman on Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767, is probably taking a moment to ponder the imminent end of working steam on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. It will... (more)

Umgeni Steam Railway's class 19D 2685 "Wesley" Runs around its railway sleeper works train load at Inchanga, and will return to Kloof.

The fireman of class 19D No.2650 looks on...

Class 16DA "Katie" of Atlantic Rail has just gone through Lynedoch station approaching Spier station for a stop to allow the passengers to disembark for lunch at the Spier Wine Estate.

Atlantic Rail's class 16DA approaches Vlottenberg station for a stop to allow the passengers to disembark for lunch in the Winelands.

Class 6E1 Series 3, E1394, built in 1972/3, is still at the yard in Durban with an uncertain future. A possible conversion / upgrade to Class 18E can be ruled out now, as the conversion programme... (more)

Sandstone Estate's NG/G 16 No.88 has just left the sheds with NG4 No.16 following, as they enter Hoekfontein to pick up their respective train consists.

35043 leads another class 35 and 2 more class 34s into Bergrivier siding with steel coil emties behind heading to Saldanha to be reloaded. On the right are a few lamp posts still surviving.

Three class 18Es bring a load of coal through Sandhills towards Cape Town in the afternoon.

15039 brings up the rear of an empty ore as it pulls into Loop 7 to cross an approaching loaded train.

Six (3 pairings) of the twenty eight strong fleet of PRASA Class 18E electric locomotives staged under the Argyle Road Bridge at the yard in Durban. Paired together are 18-402 / 18-405 (purple Sho... (more)