18-613 passing through Umlaas Road with a load of empty CAR Wagons destined for somewhere in Northern KwaZulu Natal.

18-091 with her very bright and newly refreshed cowcatcher climbs up the hill out of Dargle Station (contra flow due to a failed train in the section between Lions River and Dargle) in the KwaZulu... (more)

18-624 / 18-619 / 18-004, with a load of empty CAR Wagons that they have just collected from Cato Ridge, pass through Umlaas Road, probably bound for Newcastle in Northern KwaZulu Natal.

Class 18E, 18-401, running as a single unit (unusual) on a Durban bound Premier Classe set, passing through Umlaas Road (Willows Farm Crossing) - a friendly wave from driver, Mr. PAM Kloppers.

It's a winter morning as 18-238 runs CAR Wagons (Ore) through Balgowan, probably bound for Newcastle in Northern KwaZulu Natal.

18-069 passes over the recently (as in a couple of hours prior) reballasted section (the whitest ballast stones I've ever seen) through Pentrich Station with empty CAR Wagons (Ore).

Passing through Cato Ridge, 18-429 / 18-412 head Shosholoza Meyl's recently reintroduced "Daylight Sitter" service between Durban and Johannesburg. The train departs Durban Station at 07:25 on a ... (more)

18-298 with a load of empty DJ Wagons passing through Beacon Hill bound for Ladysmith.

18-524 heads Transnet Freight Rail's first two (six ordered) imported 160T breakdown cranes (built by Kirow - Germany), No. 601 and No. 602 from Durban up to Johannesburg.

Winter trackside veld fires aplenty as 18-646 leaves Cato Ridge and climbs up out of the dip towards Camperdown with a load of empty CAR (Ore) Wagons.

18-230 / 18-180 running over some freshly ballasted track through Umlaas Road, with a mixed load of CAR / CBR / CFR (Ore) empties.

18-658 bites down hard into the cambered track as she works her load of tanker wagons down grade through a pretty tight curve in the Hammarsdale area en-route to Durban.

18-218 / 18-045 run light units past the old signal box at Umlaas Road Station en-route to Masons Mill / Pietermaritzburg.

Unfortunately the weather did not play along for this rare occasion when two of PRASA's brand new Class 18E main line passenger haulers, 18-431 & 18-430, visited Kelso on the KwaZulu Natal South C... (more)

PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl Class 18E locomotives at New Durban Yard early this morning. 18-431 / 18-430 (PRASA Blue livery) alongside 18-402 / 18-413 (Shosholoza Meyl Purple livery). 18-431 is the ... (more)