The yard foreman has one more tumbler to throw and then E1504 & E1422 will be clear to leave Bayhead Yard to return to their depot at Wentworth, having just dropped off empty timber wagons from Um... (more)

18-613 / 18-509 / 18-778 / 18-605 / 18-176 work their way through the rural hills of the Shongweni / Cliffdale area. They are on their way to Cato Ridge to pick up a load of empty C Type Wagons (... (more)

18-103 & 18-034 working as light units through Umlaas Road (probably on their way to Masons Mill in Pietermaritzburg to pick up a load) are doing their best to stay ahead of the unseasonal storm t... (more)

Seven Class 18E locomotives (18-199 / 18-416 / 18-127 / 18-243 / 18-602 / 18-652 / 18-177) are Durban bound as light units headed by 18-199, pictured here passing through Lions River Station.

The snow that looked so promising yesterday was today nowhere in sight. Seven Class 18E locomotives (18-199 / 18-416 / 18-127 / 18-243 / 18-602 / 18-652 / 18-177) are Durban bound as light units h... (more)

Two Class 6E1 units, headed by E1584, leave Bayhead (the biggest and busiest yard in Durban), for the short run back to their depot at Wentworth, having just cut off their load. E1584, has subseq... (more)

18-646 / 18-623 / 18-657 / 18-350 / 18-626 arriving at Cato Ridge Station as light units. They will leave Cato Ridge with a load of 65 X C Type Wagon (CAR / CBR / CFR) empties, as pictured on the... (more)

Gone are the days! Class 6E1 locomotives, E1513 / E1540 / E1783, pass through Warner Beach on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast as they make their way back to their depot at Wentworth, in Durban. Th... (more)

Light units, 18-663 / 18-118 / 18-124, climb directly into the sun late on an autumn afternoon, having just passed through Shongweni Station bound for Masons Mill in Petermaritzburg to pick up a l... (more)

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)

Class 18E units, 18-415 & 18-404, in their (faded and very dirty) purple Shosholoza Meyl livery, just after their arrival in Durban this morning with an overnight Shosholoza Meyl "ANC Special... (more)

Class 18E locomotives, 18-405 & 18-414, return to the New Durban Yard just north of Durban Station, having just arrived in Durban with the overnight Johannesburg - Durban Premier Classe passenger ... (more)

Sadly, for many of us in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, this is a sight that is no longer seen. These are two Class 6E1 locomotives, E1545 & E1682, passing through Hibberdene on the very beautiful KwaZul... (more)

18-218 / 18-045 run light units past the old signal box at Umlaas Road Station en-route to Masons Mill / Pietermaritzburg.

It's late afternoon and a typical summer thunderstorm is brewing as 18-683 / 18-639 / 18-642 all in red Transnet Freight Rail livery run light units through the sad remains of Umlaas Road Station ... (more)