Class 6E1 locomotives, E1625 & E1490 (still in their original South African Railways "red & whisker" livery) leaving Bayhead with a load of empties. Bayhead is the largest goods receiving and dis... (more)

A 10M5 Metrorail set, Train No. 0763, en-route to Durban from Kelso, is about to make a stop at Ilfracombe Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.

Built by General Motors South Africa as GM-EMD SW1002, Class 36 (200) Diesel Shunter (who entered service in 1981), 36-231, has just carefully placed the Car Carrier off the overnight Johannesburg... (more)

R.I.P. Saiccor No.1 ex SAR Class 19D, No. 2697 (4-8-2), withdrawn from service permanently (sustained running damages beyond viable repair) shortly after this photo was taken in 2013. The last of ... (more)

Towards the end of 2009 DCD Dorbyl’s rolling stock division (RSD) supplied two shunting locomotives to Transnet Rail Engineering (the engineering division of Transnet Freight Rail). The two 24 t... (more)

The Ngogwaan River flows peacefully on a chilly winter afternoon and ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2669, on loan to the Creighton / Ingwe Municipality from THF (Transnet Heritage... (more)

PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) / Shosholoza Meyl Class 36 diesel shunter, 36-251, brings a now empty "Trans Natal" (overnight Johannesburg / Durban economy passenger train... (more)

A nineteen coach Blue Train set, headed by 18-770 / 18-771, is passing through Cliffdale in KwaZulu Natal on its way back to Johannesburg / Pretoria. The train left Johannesburg on Thursday aftern... (more)

Just remembering. Almost three years now already since the demise of the last of working industrial steam operations in South Africa. Saiccor No. 1, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No... (more)

An early winter morning, as Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into the "Purple" Shosholoza Meyl livery, is seen here unravelling from the top balloon at Boughton wi... (more)

Late on a stormy afternoon now and with reference to my previous photo, Photo ID: 657219. E1524 is now trailing as the units head back to their depot at Umbilo in Durban. They had dropped off th... (more)

Steam operations at the Saiccor Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast were interrupted recently, while maintenance issues with the remaining two locomotives still in service were resol... (more)

The very neat and well kept Lions River Station, in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, is a scheduled crew change stop for all the PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl passenger trains working both into and out of Du... (more)

Class 37 Diesels, 37-054 / 37-084 / 37-025, built by General Motors South Africa during 1981/82 as GM-EMD GT26M2C, leave Umkomaas with a load of empty Timber (Type STJ) Wagons across the Umkomaas ... (more)

A pacing shot of Class 18 Series 1 locomotive, 18-179 as she was exiting KwaZulu Natal. Pictured here in the section between Chieveley and Colenso. This section of the Natal Main Line is one of ... (more)