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)

This Type 10M5 Metrorail set has just passed the old Karridene Hotel on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, and is on its way to Kelso. Metrorail operate a pretty busy timetable on the KwaZulu Natal S... (more)

An older type 5M2A Metrorail set is crossing the Umkomaas River and is about to make a stop at Umkomaas Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. The train is bound for Kelso from Durban and will... (more)

The mainstay of the very busy Natal Main Line, or the Natal Corridor as it is also known, in terms of motive power, the Class 18E. 18-079 / 18-054 stand ready at Umbilo Electric Locomotive Depot ... (more)

Metrorail Durban's Emergency Train (MET) aka "ET" is pictured here on the loop line down at Warner Beach / Warner Beach Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.

A typical summer afternoon thunderstorm is brewing once again in Northern KwaZulu Natal. After an approximate 6½ hour trip up from Durban, 18-284 has arrived at Danskraal in Ladysmith with a mix... (more)

Having departed Durban Station at 07:25am, 18-430 / 18-402 are pictured passing through Ashburton Station at 09:10am with a Johannesburg bound "Daylight Sitter" service, which had been reintroduce... (more)

The "Trans Natal", an overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, headed by two Class 6E1 electric locomotives (in Spoornet "orange" livery), E1417 and E1321, crosses a mixed freight on the s... (more)

This shortish mixed freight, headed by 18-013 on this day, with various wagon types in the consist, is a regular on the Natal Main Line. The train is pictured here coming off the Mkondeni Viaduct... (more)

Early morning and 18-052 / 18-230 / 18-329 are outward bound from Durban with a load of containers. The train is pictured here passing the Nelson Mandela Capture Site at Lions River in the KwaZul... (more)

Some fresh paint at the dawning of a new day. The first two of this class to be put into the PRASA "blue" livery. E1667 (with E1603 behind) are Class 6E1 Series 5 electric locomotives, that orig... (more)

A beautiful winter morning in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands and 18-600 has just made the swing righthanded under the bridge into Dargle Station with grain wagons. The train will now start the climb ... (more)

3:15pm on a very hot and humid summer afternoon and a typical afternoon thunderstorm is building, as 18-333 passes through Camperdown Station with a load of CAR Wagon empties. These wagon types a... (more)

After following the train for quite a way on this day, the assistant was very amused and keen to wave by this stage. This is 18-502 negotiating the top loop at Boughton in Pietermaritzburg with a... (more)

Ex QR National Railway, 2111D, being craned off the “Clipper Amber” at Maydon Wharf in Durban. 2111D formed part of a consignment of locomotives that arrived in South Africa in June 2012 from... (more)