Fifty two years after being delivered to the South African Railways from the USA, this class 31 Bo-Bo (GE U12B) survives in service with Sheltam, but rebuilt with a low short hood. No.22 is seen l... (more)

The class 19E dual voltage (3kV DC / 25kV AC) Co-Co electrics are one of the newest classes to enter service on Transnet Freight Rail in the last three years. Four of these locomotives, led by 19-... (more)

While storm clouds gather in the distance, Sheltam no.4 (ex-SAR class 34-200, EMD 1971) works a load of empties uphill from Rand Uranium's Cooke Plant to the loading point at Millsite (see photo I... (more)

At Kalbaskraal station, passengers from the Saturdays only 13:50 Cape Town - Malmesbury train walk down the steps of the footbridge, laden with shopping bags. There are very few Metrorail trains ... (more)

The platform attendant (perhaps not the correct title!) shields his eyes from the bright morning sun, as he waits for connecting passengers from the No.7 subway line to board the waiting LIRR trai... (more)

Red lights in Queens... running above Queens Boulevard, an IRT Flushing line no.7 train makes its way down the hill from 40th Street towards 33rd Street. The Empire State stands tall in the distan... (more)

In central Tokyo between Akihabara and Ochanomizu stations, a JR East series E257-500 EMU running on the Sobu Line, and a motor coach belonging to the Tobu Railway Co. are reflected in the Kandaga... (more)

On Thanksgiving Sunday, a gap in the clouds allows the setting sun to light up a Flushing-Main Street bound No.7 train, as it approaches 40th Street station above Queens Boulevard. This must be on... (more)

The rising sun greets a line-up of ex- South African Railways steam power at the former SAR Germiston locomotive depot, now home to preservation group Reefsteamers. From left to right, Class 15F 4... (more)

Fireman John Ashworth is enveloped in steam as he rakes the fire of class 24 3664, after a day of photography for a Geoff's Trains photo charter.

Resplendent in its new red and orange livery, recommissioned Harmony Gold #2 (renumbered from # 8) is heading away from the photographer towards Harmony's Bambanani mine, where it will reverse dir... (more)

It's been snowing most of the day, but these folks seen boarding a late afternoon Downtown No.1 train at Dyckman Street, clearly have places to be and things to do! The building on the right at th... (more)

Kloof station on the “old main line” between Durban and Cato Ridge. Once upon a time this was electrified territory, with a daily commuter service operated by South African Railways EMU’s. T... (more)

After crossing the Williamsburg Bridge from Manhattan, a Myrtle Avenue Local M train glints in the evening light as it makes its way down the ramp towards Marcy Avenue station, its first stop in B... (more)

A Metro North Hudson line train to Croton-Harmon ducks under the Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River, as it approaches its station stop at Marble Hill, while a New York Transit No.1 Broadway lin... (more)