The Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR),... (more)

Friends of the Rail's ex- South African Railways class 24 no. 3664 glints in early morning light at Capital Park depot.

The colours of winter on the South African highveld are evident in this shot of Sheltam's 3012 working through a rock cutting, as it takes 12 empty hoppers up the hill from Cooke Plant to Millsite... (more)

Sheltam no.5 is a 32-year old U26C which still puts in a full days work on the Rand Uranium railway at Randfontein. No.5 is picking up a load of reef at Cooke 1 for the reduction plant at Doornkop... (more)

Passenger train operator Shosholoza Meyl's "Trans Karoo" economy service from Johannesburg to Cape Town, makes its way through the Nuwekloof behind 6E1's E1950 in purple Shosholoza Meyl livery, an... (more)

Sheltam's newest C30-EMP and last of the batch of 20 built by GE (Brazil) in 2006, is now in service on the Rand Uranium system. It is seen arriving at Cooke Plant with a train of loaded hoppers p... (more)

Most of the gold bearing ore mined in the Welkom area goes to Harmony One Plant for processing. Harmony's No.10 is passing Harmony West Mine, formerly Freegold's President Brand mine No.4 shaft, w... (more)

On the second morning of its two day journey from Victoria Falls to Pretoria, Rovos Rail's "Pride of Africa" safari train runs through Derby station behind two Class 34's. This line was dieselised... (more)

A view over the city of Johannesburg (also known as Jo'burg, Jozi or Egoli) on a springtime afternoon, with the sky darkened by an approaching thunderstorm. In the foreground is the Braamfontein N... (more)

A class 8E heavy shunting locomotive, in original SAR red livery, awaiting repairs at Transnet Rail Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops, along with a couple of class 18E's in Spoornet blue. The ... (more)

On its first day of operation for the 2011 holiday season, the New York City Transit "Nostalgia Shopper's Special Train" is about to depart 14th Street station, as the conductor waves the "all cle... (more)

The east end of the Capital Park depot has a branch line feel about it. Here Friends of the Rail's ex-SAR class 24 2-8-4 3664 moves a couple of coal wagons to the coalstage.

Five class 18E's team up to move an eastbound ore train, seen crossing the Blesbokspruit north of Heidelberg station.

Sheltam's 3012 kicks up dust as it leaves Millsite on the Rand Uranium system, with 12 hoppers of waste for processing at Cooke Plant. On the right is one of the derelict steam locomotives that ha... (more)

Two hundred empty coal wagons are returning to the Mpumalanga coalfields from the port of Richards Bay, seen here just west of Overvaal station, heading towards Ermelo behind six dual voltage clas... (more)