A mid-summer sunrise catches three 18E's approaching Sprucewell, near Greylingstad on the Natal main line, with their train of empty type CAR and CFR wagons returning to the manganese mines in the... (more)

On a summer afternoon a matched set of five first series 18E's in Spoornet blue livery lead their train of empty coal wagons across the Blesbokspruit bridge, just north of Heidelberg station on th... (more)

A Rovos train behind 2 class 34s in Spoornet blue pulls into the Voorbaai yard where the diesels will be replaced by 3 class 35s for the trip to Worcester.

Two class 35s and two class 34s stands with their train at the end of Bergrivier siding while an empty coal train passes by on the loop line.

At the time this picture was taken, Wolwehoek was a reasonably well kept manned station with manually controlled colour light block signalling. The bakkie (pick-up truck) parked on the platform be... (more)

Two 6E1s in the Prasa purple colour lead the Transkaroo through Sandhills a few km outside Worcester heading to Cape Town.

A loaded ore slowly accelerate away from Loop 7 while the sheep start to gather in the shade of the tree on another hot and dry day in the Northern Cape.

After collecting loaded grain wagons from the silos at Rooiwal, this pair of Kroonstad based class 34's in Spoornet blue livery are waiting in the freight siding for the signal to proceed north to... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth is passing the classic semaphore Down main and Down loop starter signals at the south end of Heuningspruit station, as it heads north to Johannesburg ... (more)

A pair of Kroonstad based class 34-400's are working a late running mixed freight of grain wagons and butane and propylene tankers from Kroonstad to Sasolburg, seen just south of the old Greenland... (more)

My first shot of 2015 produced an unexpected surprise in the form of a late running local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg, departing Rooiwal early on a beautiful summer morning. A pair of Kroo... (more)

What a big surprise we got this morning when the Premier Classe special that visited Cape Town for the Jazz festival appeared around the corner with one of the new Afro 4000 locos in the lead, all... (more)

Finally we get one of the new Afro 4000 locos that Prasa ordered from Spain out on the main line, leading the Premier Classe which is newly painted in the Prasa blue livery.

Down in the valley, 18-506, with a load of containers, is passing through the largely dairy producing area of Mooi River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. The train left Durban about 3½ hours earli... (more)

With some afternoon storm activity around and the landscape already showing signs of the change in seasons, as we move through autumn and head closer to winter in South Africa, 18-506 is pictured ... (more)