With the sun dropping fast and the shadows growing longer late on a lovely winter afternoon, the luxury Blue Train, headed by 18-770 / 18-771, passes through the remains of Camperdown Station in K... (more)

A special working, to dead haul two of the eighteen Chinese built diesels, that arrived in Durban by ship on the 18th May 2015 for SNCC (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo) in the DRC... (more)

A jet fuel train, with 18-237 at the front, is passing through Umlaas Road. The train departed from Durban about 1¾ hours earlier and is bound for Johannesburg. The transportation by rail of je... (more)

It's really late in the afternoon now as 18-615 / 18-023 / 18-512 and a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg pass through Umlaas Road. The train had been held up at Shongweni (alo... (more)

Willows Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road and 18-246 is at the head of this "Python" (65 x C Type Wagons) with a load of coal for Cato Ridge from Northern KwaZulu Natal. These "Pythons&... (more)

Empty Timber wagons head back to Mason's Mill seen here departing from Cato Ridge with newly painted Locos.

3:15pm on a very hot and humid summer afternoon and a typical afternoon thunderstorm is building, as 18-333 passes through Camperdown Station with a load of CAR Wagon empties. These wagon types a... (more)

All smiles and work done for the day! Class 36 (200) shunters, 36-227 and 36-230, are pictured here at Cato Ridge Station. They had spent the day working a track maintenance train (a few DZ Wago... (more)

About 500 meters away from Cato Ridge Station and 18-048 is outward bound from Durban with a load of C Type Wagon empties. The empties were probably bound for one of the coal mining towns in North... (more)

The overnight Johannesburg to Durban passenger train, the "Trans Natal", headed by 18-430, swings left into the early morning sun and is about to pass through Cato Ridge Station. Approx... (more)

Late on a chilly winter afternoon and 18-096, together with two mates, are running as light units in the section between Cato Ridge (COR) and Camperdown. They were probably bound for Masons Mill ... (more)

Early on a summer morning and 18-146 is Durban bound with a load of containers, having just just exited the Umlaas Road Tunnel/s. The train will cross under the N3 shortly and pass through Umlaas... (more)

The Blue Train on a weekend charter to Durban passing through Umlaas Road, having just made an early morning stop at Pietermaritzburg Station. The train had left Pretoria the previous afternoon fo... (more)

Two 18Es run light up through Umlaas Road station in the afternoon.

Today we see The Blue Train, heading towards Durban for a weekend Charter, it will head back to Pretoria on Sunday afternoon.