On a beautiful early summer afternoon, these class 18E's working a northbound container train to Pretoria, have been shut down at Irene station, after their crew was suspended for passing a red si... (more)

A little too late, but the fireman's hands tell it all....HOKAAI! (Stop!). Sandstone Heritage Trust's ex- SAR class GMAM garratt attempting to take water at Reefsteamers' Germiston depot, during a... (more)

Newly overhauled and outshopped in passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl's purple livery, 6E1 E1464 heads up two sisters in original SAR red and Spoornet orange, working a northbound freight from Blo... (more)

A pair of 7E's in blue Spoornet livery sit in the yard adjacent to the passenger station at Beaufort West, waiting for their next trip to De Aar. To the right is the "Premier Classe" passenger tra... (more)

Sheltam # 3009 backs down the west leg of the triangle at Cooke 2 Shaft, to couple up to the empty hoppers placed there earlier in the morning by the night shift. The hoppers will be pushed throug... (more)

As a typical highveld thunderstorm looms overhead, these four 18E's are heading west towards Delmas with a long coal train.

Rovos Rail's ex- South African Railways (SAR) class 25NC no. 3442 stands alongside the platform at Capital Park station, providing a photo opportunity for passengers waiting to board the 15:00 dep... (more)

This is the last operational coal stage in South Africa and is used by Friends of the Rail (FOTR) and Rovos Rail locomotives. FOTR's ex-SAR class 24 poses on top of the stage with two loaded hoppe... (more)

The weekday freight from Malmesbury to the PPC (Pretoria Portland Cement) factory at De Hoek, near Morreesburg, is passing the farm “Rondomskrik” (light heartedly translated as “roundaboutfr... (more)

On its first day of public service and just 3 days before the start of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a Gautrain Electrostar EMU races downgrade away from the photographer towards Modderfontein, en ro... (more)

The town of Ermelo is one of the best places to observe heavy coal trains heading east from the Witbank coalfields to the port of Richards Bay. Loaded 100-wagon trains arrive mostly behind Class 1... (more)

Sheltam's 3013 is passing through Mid-load, hauling 12 hoppers of waste from Cooke 3 shaft to Cooke plant for processing. Note the colour light signals. Mid-load is the junction for the line to Ha... (more)

The weather forecast said partly cloudy, but for this shot I was lucky and got the sunny part, plus a bonus - my first sighting of double 6E1's in the new passenger livery! Shosholoza Meyl's Cape ... (more)

A class 6E1 Bo-Bo 3kV electric in original South African Railways red livery, hauls a "pick-up" (wayside) freight northwards across the Vaal River at Fourteen Streams. The 2nd and 4th wagons are c... (more)

After bringing in another load of empties from Cooke Plant, one of Sheltam's big GE's imported from Brazil is ready to depart from Millsite with a loaded train of mine tailings. Since the C30's ha... (more)