Two 6E1 locomotives (E1314 & E1389) in the old Spoornet "Orange" livery head a Premier Classe "Tourism Indaba Special" over the Umgababa Bridge while on their way back to Durban Station from Umkom... (more)

18-405 heads a Trans Natal (operated by PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl) out of Lions River enroute to Durban.

Central East African Railways (previously Malawi Railways) No. 526 and No. 525 are staged along Maydon Wharf in Durban awaiting delivery. These two locomotives are the final two of six of their ty... (more)

Brand new at the time to the Transnet Freight Rail Class 18E fleet as pictured at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal. Numbered as 18-416, she is one of a few loco... (more)

Running contra flow due to line occupation for maintenance, this Type 10M5 Metrorail set (Train No. 1054) is passing through Shallcross about 25 minutes out of Durban. The train is bound for Cato ... (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)

Metrorail's Emergency / Breakdown Train (MET) aka "ET" staged at New Durban Yard.

A short Durban bound Rovos Rail set negotiating the top loop at Boughton on the drop down into Pietermaritzburg. Although Rovos Rail have a fairly extensive collection of vintage locomotives of t... (more)

A beautiful golden sunrise arrived right on cue in Lions River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands! 18-194 is in charge of this car train as it crosses the old steel bridge out of Lions River Station. ... (more)

E7075 / E7006 / E7035 / E7042 / E7061 (dead) are Class 7E 25 kV AC locomotives built by Union Carriage and Wagon, which entered service in 1978. They are pictured here at De Aar (a town and impor... (more)

Class 33 (400), 33-491, was on shunt duty at De Aar in the Northern Cape when I visited in December 2010. Built in 1969 for South African Railways by General Electric as GE U20C, this locomotive ... (more)

A typical scene inside the workshops at the Umbilo Electric Locomotive Depot. A brand new Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-645, in the red Transnet Freight Rail livery, as well as a few Class 8E... (more)

The driver of Class 6E1, E1513 (with E1531 & E1488), is about to receive authority to leave one of the Bayhead Yards in Durban with a mixed load of coal and timber wagon empties for Empangeni / Ri... (more)

Class 6E1 electric locomotives, E1531 & E1702, with E1531 still in her original South African Railway livery, are leaving Bayhead to return to Wentworth Depot after cutting off their load of empty... (more)

18-329 has just crossed the Mkondeni Viaduct on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg with a Johannesburg bound Container / Container Flat train. Considering the chaos and carnage created by truckers ... (more)