The first 10 units of Transnet Freight Rail's newest diesel locomotives, the Class 43 GE C30-Aci, were built in the USA (see photo ID 349791). The remaining 90 units are being built by Transnet Ra... (more)

Fifty two years after being delivered to the South African Railways from the USA, the first of the class 31 Bo-Bo's (GE U12B) survives in service with Sheltam, but rebuilt with a low short hood. N... (more)

Four of TFR's new class 39 diesels - 39-002, 39-005, 39-001 (in blue livery) and 39-004 - heading south through Irene with a block load of limestone for the PPC (Pretoria Portland Cement) factory ... (more)

Metrorail's "Boland Blits" glints in the last rays of the setting sun as it slows for the station stop at Gouda. This 175km (110 mile) service runs between Cape Town and Worcester and is the longe... (more)

Sunset on the Hudson River finds a Metro North Hudson Line train from Poughkeepsie to New York City's Grand Central Terminal, just north of Peekskill, crossing the causeway that seperates Annsvill... (more)

While a late summer sunset fades to dusk, a Manhattan-bound BMT line Q train skirts the amusement park at Coney Island, approaching its first stop at West 8th Street-New York Aquarium.

On a Monday morning, Mother Nature kicks off a new week with a beautiful display of colour to greet the first Acela Express of the day from New York's Penn Station to Boston, as it zips past Concr... (more)

One of my rarest catches of the year! Only 3 or 4 sets of passenger coaches remain in their original South African Railways (SAR) red and grey livery, and these are only used in peak holiday perio... (more)

A lucky meet! Five U26C's, four colour schemes, two owners. Transnet Freight Rail's line from Mafikeng to Krugersdorp runs right past Rand Uranium's Millsite loading point. Sheltam no.5 pauses bet... (more)

In 1989 the Sun City Express was introduced by hotel group Sun International in conjunction with SATS (South African Transport Services), to provide a rail service between Johannesburg, Pretoria a... (more)

The Benedictine Monastery at Montserrat is served by a 5km (3.1 miles) metre gauge rack railway operated by the Ferrocarril de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) from Monistrol de Montserrat statio... (more)

A lone pedestrian walking along the track is oblivious to the luxurious train passing him by. Rovos Rail's train from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is back in South Africa and heading east to its hom... (more)

A Reefsteamers passenger excursion to Magaliesburg, behind 15F 4-8-2 3046 "Janine", crosses an eastbound freight from Mafikeng at Battery siding. The Reefsteamers passenger coaches are painted in ... (more)

The fireman of class 24 3664 hands the oil can down to his driver during a break between shunting moves at Capital Park. This locomotive is in the care of Friends of the Rail club members.

The last rays of the setting sun catch the driver and fireman of class 15F 3117 sharing a joke and a mug of coffee, brewed on the footplate of course!