The Blue Train comes to Durban for the weekend! 18-802 & 18-807 (very recent additions to the TFR Class 18E fleet) are seen here with one of Transnet Freight Rail's prestigious and world renowned... (more)

Class 18E's pulling a Cement train for Newcastle from Mount Vernon siding, seen here at Cliffdale.

Late afternoon as 18-778 passes through Shongweni on her way out of Durban up the Natal Main Line with a load of cement. This train was being held up by an all-stops Cato Ridge bound Metrorail se... (more)

A type 10M5 Metrorail set passing through Bux Farm in the rural Shongweni / Cliffdale area. The train is bound for Cato Ridge from Durban and was carrying mostly local school children returning h... (more)

This short (8 coach) Type 10M5 Metrorail set bound for Cato Ridge was lucky to have missed the worst of this still burning trackside grass fire (very typical during the dry winter months) as it pa... (more)

18-006 / 18-209 / 18-278 pass through Cliffdale as they head out of Durban / KwaZulu Natal with a mixed tanker train. The empty "spacer" wagons (in this case grain wagons) are intersper... (more)

The last of the winter afternoon sun, as this 12 coach 10M5 Metrorail set bound for Cato Ridge from Durban winds its way through Cliffdale, running about 35 minutes late due to single line working... (more)

Late on a winter afternoon, as 18-636 / 18-079 / 18-513, pass through the rural hills around Cliffdale dotted with local dwellings. They have a load of empty grain wagons (various types) behind t... (more)

Late afternoon midway through winter, and as usual the veld (grass) fires have burnt the scrub vegetation around the very dry, steep and rugged terrain at the back of Shongweni that the Natal Main... (more)

Light units, 18-663 / 18-118 / 18-124, climb directly into the sun late on an autumn afternoon, having just passed through Shongweni Station bound for Masons Mill in Petermaritzburg to pick up a l... (more)

An eight coach, Type 10M5, Metrorail set passes through the hilly area of Shongweni on a winter afternoon and is bound for Cato Ridge, having started its journey at Durban Station. There is a reg... (more)

18-163 and helpers work themselves through the many twists and turns in the very hilly Shongweni / Cliffdale area with a load of containers, as they leave Durban for Johannesburg on a winter's aft... (more)

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.

18-397 heading a Durban bound container train through the dry scrubland area around Hammarsdale in KwaZulu Natal.

35-636 rushing around one of the tight curves found in the rural hills of the Bux Farm / Shongweni area, with just two DZ Wagons behind her. Pandrol Clips are in the vibrant blue sacks. A total ... (more)