The Trans Natal early on a winter morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban), headed by Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into th... (more)

Time is getting short now for the steam operations at Saiccor in Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, with diesel traction replacement expected soon. Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway... (more)

The early morning crew change on the overnight Johannesburg to Durban Trans Natal is taking place at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. About 3½ hours remain of the journey to Du... (more)

A Type 10M5 commuter train, train No. 1083 (Set M7) operated by PRASA / Metrorail on an all stops journey from Durban to Cato Ridge is about to arrive at its destination. There is a regular commu... (more)

Four big Class 11E units (25kV locomotives - 45 built in 1985, exclusively for use on the Richards Bay Coal Line), headed by E11032, working a 200 wagon coal train (empties) through Ulundi Station... (more)

A Durban bound Rovos Rail set (luxury passenger train) is busy coming off the main line to make a scheduled stop at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. Motive power for the regiona... (more)

18-405 and the "Trans Natal", an overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, has made a scheduled crew change stop at Lions River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. The train was runni... (more)

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2) No. 2767, working the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. No. 2767 was built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns i... (more)

400 meters in front of the train is the spot where a young news reporter, Winston Churchill, was captured during the Anglo Boer War (1899 - 1902), when the train he was travelling on was seized by... (more)

Outward bound from Durban, Class 18E Series 1 locomotive, 18-124, heading a car train up towards Mooi River from Rosetta in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. The train was probably bound for Johannesbu... (more)

A Durban bound Rovos Rail "Pride Of Africa" set, comprising a few of their beautiful vintage clerestory roof coaches, is crossing the Mooi River headed by 18-187 and 18-257. Although Ro... (more)

Class 6E1 locomotives, E1317 & E1403, leaving Johannesburg / Park Station via Platform 15 after cutting off the Trans Karoo passenger train they had just arrived with. To the right is the vehicle... (more)

Examples of coaching vehicles that remain in their original South African Railways livery (Red & Grey) are like hens teeth to find now. This is S.A.R. Caboose Type ZO-5 No. 14877. This type of v... (more)

Early on a beautiful morning in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, 18-416 crosses over the Mooi River, with a load of empty C Type Wagons (ore), into the predominantly dairy producing town of the same na... (more)

The very beautiful and charming Inchanga Station, now the home of KwaZulu Natal Steam Preservation Group, Umgeni Steam Railway, was built under the Natal Government Railways administration in 1892... (more)