An early summer evening (18:15) and there is a storm brewing, as 18-291 heads a Durban bound grain train through Umlaas Road Station. Staged on the loop line is a works train.
This short train of 21 empty grain wagons (various types) is busy crossing the Mkondeni Viaduct in the section between Ashburton and Pietermaritzburg as it leaves Durban.
18-095, pictured here with a variety of grain wagon types (these are empties), is passing through the section between Nottingham Road and Rosetta in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands on a beautiful early... (more)
Late on a winter afternoon, as 18-636 / 18-079 / 18-513, pass through the rural hills around Cliffdale dotted with local dwellings. They have a load of empty grain wagons (various types) behind t... (more)
Class 18E Series 1, 18-506, is seen here passing through Colenso with a variety of empty grain wagon types, as she heads towards Danskraal / Ladysmith for her next scheduled stop (Crew Change), ab... (more)