Three newly refurbished RRL Grindrod Diesel Locomotives, bound for Ncala – Mozambique, have just been loaded onto Transnet's Floating Crane "Indlovu Durban". The vessel collecting them for their... (more)

Early on a dry and bitingly cold Highveld winter morning, ex Rhodesian Railways / National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ) Class DE2 No. 1207, now the property of Sandstone Estates, is pictured here at ... (more)

Early morning and with trains standing (including one of the Blue Train sets bound for Durban) all over the place due to a major points problem after a power failure, one of Transnet's Luxrailer i... (more)

The first of this class into the PRASA livery! E1603 is a Class 6E1 Series 5 electric locomotive, that originally entered service in 1976, with what was then the South African Railways. Now fall... (more)

This is EXX-3001 at sunrise, the first of three built by RRL Grindrod South Africa in Pretoria, for the Exxaro Mining Group, based in South Africa. They are to be used in the group's iron ore oper... (more)

The last two of the eighteen Chinese built diesel locomotives for SNCC (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Congo) in the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 1903-0 & 1908-5, are still i... (more)

Another view of the lever frame with its layout diagram (see also Photo ID 585857). The signal cabin at Dundee Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal still contains its original lever frame (and its a ... (more)

Simmering away, patiently awaiting her next shunt movement is ex South African Railway Class 25NC (4-8-4), No. 3442 (built in 1954 by Henschel) with her "Worshond" (Sausage Dog) Type CZ Tender, no... (more)

The final fully assembled Class 20E direct from China, 20 010, is about to be craned onto the wharf at O Shed in Durban Harbour via the floating crane "Indlovu". She had just arrived in ... (more)

On a miserable winter morning this is ex Queensland Railway Class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co, 1768D, shortly after being craned off the "Clipper Amber" and secured on a flatbed trailer ready... (more)

Class 37 Diesels, 37-033 & 37-075 have just arrived with Transnet's Wentworth based Breakdown Train at the scene of yesterday's Metrorail derailment at A Yard just north of Durban Station, to clea... (more)

The two specially designated Blue Train Class 20E locomotives, who look stunning in this livery, are at Cliffdale, about 1½ hours out of Durban now. Section Manager and senior Umbilo Depot driver... (more)

The large PRASA / Metrorail Yard just north of Durban Station - the platform portals of the station can be seen towards the top left of the photo. One of the Blue Train sets is staged on the Cater... (more)

CC 1103, brand new and looking beautiful standing quayside early morning while awaiting the arrival of a ship to take her and two other locomotives on to Sierra Leone. RRL Grindrod South Africa ar... (more)

Dirty and well traveled locomotives. The mainstay of the very busy Natal Main Line, or the Natal Corridor as it is also known, in terms of motive power, the Class 18E. 18-079 / 18-054 stand ready... (more)