The Cape Town to Johannesburg Economy train is a few minutes away from a quick stop at Matjiesfontein as it is coming out of a shallow cut.

We are about 5 min away from our stop at Bellville on board the JHB - CPT tourist train through Stikland station where we meet the CPT - PTA Rovos train.

On board the Cape Town - Johannesburg Trans Karoo tourist train through Tulbaghkloof on a rainy day in the Cape, the road on the left is the R46 between Gouda and Tulbagh.

The Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe rolling along through the Karoo about 6 hours into the journey, see photo ID's 320852, 321076 and 321077 of the same train the next day further up count... (more)

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" climbs the grade from Middelvlei, passing the newly opened Lafarge Cement plant, as clouds move in from the south.

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" is 42 km from its final destination, as it passes Rand Uranium's large mine dump between Robinson and Millsite. The dump is being processed to extract... (more)

Just to prove that it can happen, the Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" is running 30 minutes ahead of schedule, as it approaches the R501 road bridge between Frederikstad and Gatsrand.

So close to being a complete purple train! The Premier Classe from Johannesburg is passing here through Brackenfell station with about 40 min left of the journey to Cape Town.

The Shosholoza Meyl "Tourism" heading through the Nuwekloof as it makes its way northwards from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The 5th and 6th coaches from the front are the dining and kitchen cars.

As the sun plays hide and seek amongst the clouds, a 6E1 in original SAR red livery leads three orange sisters on a short mixed freight from Belville to Worcester, seen here near Malan. The third ... (more)

These three 6E1's, running light loco to Ogies, are moving away from the camera as they pass a westbound mixed freight on the adjacent track. The blue 6E1 (E1585) is one of only a handful that wer... (more)

A string of Class 6E1s await their next duties alongside a pair of Class 10Es.

4 Class 6E1 locomotives stands ready to depart the Leeuhof yard with a train of fly ash,heading to the Lafarge cement plant at Colligny with E1623 leading.

Against the backdrop of Bailey's Peak in the Cape winelands, passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl's "Trans Karoo" economy service from Johannesburg to Cape Town approaches the town of Wellington. Th... (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)