Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-228, (still working in her Spoornet "orange" livery) is pictured here just north of Durban Station while busy on shunt duties, working the nearby PRASA / Metrorai... (more)

A newly refurbished Type 10M5 motor coach at the rear of this Metrorail set as it heads out of Durban, having just made a stop at Congella Station. On the other side of the M4 / Southern Freeway ... (more)

This Type 5M2A Metrorail set, Train No. 1039 (Set M9), had just arrived at Durban Station from Cato Ridge and is now heading to one of the Metrorail / PRASA yards just north of the station for sta... (more)

This older Type 5M2A Metrorail set, having just crossed over the main lines for the North Coast (in and out of Durban), is heading for the workshops adjacent to the staging yards just north of Dur... (more)

Sunrise at the PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) yard just north of Durban Station. Brand new to the PRASA Class 18E fleet at the time the photo was taken, 18-435 (with 18-434 coupled... (more)

RIP Louwtjie Coetzee.

Two of the few remaining Class 8E centre cab electric shunting locomotives (still in their wonderful SAR Red & Whisker livery), E8047 & E8086. Having managed to escape the cutting torch, they are... (more)

Class 18E electric locomotives staged under the Argyle Road Bridge at the yard in Durban. Paired together are 18-402 / 18-405 (purple Shosholoza Meyl livery), 18-433 / 18-425 (PRASA blue livery) a... (more)

Cheers and whistles from this track maintenance gang as they get an early start on their busy day. They are seen here leaving New Durban Yard (just north of Durban Station) with one of the PLASSE... (more)

The mixed batch of 34 ex Tranz Metro (New Zealand) motor coaches and trailers that arrived in Durban, South Africa on board the MV Pangani. They are pictured here, just after sunrise, in a holding... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunters, 36-238 (red Transnet Freight Rail livery) and 36-237 (orange Spoornet livery), are busy working one of the yards at Bayhead in Durban. Col André Kritzinger comment... (more)

Lifting RRL 22-01, while ex SAR / Transnet Freight Rail Class 35, now RRL 35-07 awaits its turn for lifting. On this day, three newly refurbished RRL Grindrod Diesel Locomotives were being readie... (more)

Sunrise and a new lease on life for these vintage (1965/66) diesel locomotives, originally designed & built by General Electric as model GE U20C. Ex SAR (South African Railway) / Transnet Freight ... (more)

1722D just after being loaded onto an articulated flatbed trailer. On the 18th September 2013 a consignment of 24 ex Queensland Rail locomotives arrived by sea in Durban, South Africa. 16 were for... (more)

1722D being heavy lifted onto an awaiting articulated flatbed trailer. On the 18th September 2013 a consignment of 24 ex Queensland Rail locomotives arrived by sea in Durban, South Africa. 16 were... (more)