1729D hangs in the slings waiting for 1742D to depart on the long slow road trip from Durban to Pretoria. On a miserable winter morning this is ex Queensland Railway Class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co,... (more)

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)

Still in Durban at the moment are the four 422 Class Clyde / EMD J26C (Standard Gauge) locomotives, with 42211 in view, and the five DA Class Clyde / EMD G26C locomotives, with DAZ 1905 in view (o... (more)

With the Indian Ocean providing the backdrop, the race to Durban from Umkomaas was never one that the Isolde, a Liberian registered container ship (top left of photo), was going to win. The older... (more)

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2767, leaving the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast yard with a load of 11 STJ (Timber) Wagons for the short... (more)

18-066 and a cement train pass the wreck of a Cessna, that a bit earlier had overshot the end of a runway on landing at a private airstrip on a farm on top of the hill to the right of the photo an... (more)

Class 5E1 Series 5, E1101, a firm favourite of mine and I love seeing her out and about. Seen here (still with her diamond shaped pantograph) working with Road Knowledge Coach No. 40117 passing t... (more)

The opportunities for snow and particularly train photos in the snow, are pretty rare in Kwazulu Natal. Here is 18-517 with Cement Wagons, shutdown in the snow at Hidcote - this as a result of so... (more)

Ex SAR Class 25 No. 3472, now with Reefsteamers (Preservation Group), waits patiently on a chilly early Highveld morning for her eager admirers to arrive, before playing a starring role in an arra... (more)

DAZ 1905 (DA Class Clyde/EMD G26C) and AB 1501 (AB Class Clyde/EMD G22C) are part of a total of 23 locomotives of various Class / Types (all diesel), that arrived in Durban, South Africa, from Fre... (more)

Part of the busy the PRASA / Metrorail Yard just north of Durban Station. The photo was taken from the public viewing deck on top of the arch over the Moses Mabhida Soccer Stadium - 106 meters ab... (more)

Another section of the large PRASA / Metrorail Yard just north of Durban Station showing the servicing workshop (bottom left). The photo was taken from the public viewing deck on top of the arch o... (more)

Amid very unsettled weather conditions, an older Type 5M2A Metrorail set approaches Umkomaas Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. The train is bound for Durban having departed from Kelso.

18-768, one of the latest Class 18E locomotives to be added to the Transnet fleet, is looking really smart in her new red Transnet Freight Rail livery in the morning sun, as she exits the Umlaas R... (more)

On a miserable winter morning this is ex Queensland Railway Class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co, 1729D, shortly after being craned off the "Clipper Amber" and secured on a flatbed trailer, whil... (more)