A quartet of Class 6E1 electric units, with E1282 in charge, crosses the Umkomaas River bridge on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast with a load of timber for the Saiccor Paper Mill in Umkomaas. The t... (more)

On 19th & 20th May, five of the first ten Class 20E Bo-Bo dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Loc... (more)

E1592 leads a passenger special from Cape Town to Johannesburg here through Salbar between the 3rd and 4th tunnels in the Hex River Valley.

R.I.P. Saiccor No.1 ex SAR Class 19D, No. 2697 (4-8-2), withdrawn from service permanently (sustained running damages beyond viable repair) shortly after this photo was taken in 2013. The last of ... (more)

The lower (northern) section of the Belfast - Lydenburg - Steelpoort branch line twists and turns its way from an altitude of 563 meters (1847 ft) at Steelpoort to 1421 meters (4662 ft) at Lydenbu... (more)

Steam operations at the Saiccor Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast were interrupted recently, while maintenance issues with the remaining two locomotives still in service were resol... (more)

E9014 sits alone at the end of an empty ore train just after sunset with the lead loco 3.7km into the distance waiting to cross an approaching loaded ore train.

Class 6E1 locomotives, E1531 (still in her original South African Railway livery and with a full set of number and maker plates intact) and E1702, are seen here leaving Bayhead Yard after cutting ... (more)

As the "Jolly Roger", a veteran harbour pleasure craft (and an institution in itself locally) sails past, the final fully assembled Class 20E direct from China, 20 010, is about to be cr... (more)

The final fully assembled Class 20E direct from China, 20 010, is about to be craned onto the wharf at O Shed in Durban Harbour via the floating crane "Indlovu". She had just arrived in ... (more)

18793 speeds over a level crossing outside Colenso leading containers down to Durban.

Metrorail's Business Express on the return trip to Cape Town passing here through Paarl.

Africa's oldest working electric locomotives still put in a hard day's work hauling coal from BHP Billiton's Middelburg coal mine to fire the huge boilers at the Duvha power station which can be s... (more)

18-425 & 18-423 undergo a scheduled early morning crew change at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, with a Durban bound Premier Classe set. The train had left Johannesburg the prev... (more)

A class GMAM garratt bursts out of tunnel no.6 with a freight train as it approaches the summit of the Montague Pass between George and Oudtshoorn. Since leaving the town of George, the train has ... (more)