A mid-summer sunrise catches three 18E's approaching Sprucewell, near Greylingstad on the Natal main line, with their train of empty type CAR and CFR wagons returning to the manganese mines in the... (more)

On a summer afternoon a matched set of five first series 18E's in Spoornet blue livery lead their train of empty coal wagons across the Blesbokspruit bridge, just north of Heidelberg station on th... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth is passing the classic semaphore Down main and Down loop starter signals at the south end of Heuningspruit station, as it heads north to Johannesburg ... (more)

Two TFR-liveried 18E's and a Spoornet blue sister are passing through Greylingstad on the Natal Corridor (Natcor) main line with a train of double deck motor car carriers from Kaalfontein (near Jo... (more)

The sun has just risen above the hills to the south of Heidelberg, as a quartet of 18E's cross the Blesbokspruit at 05:32, heading south on the Natcor (Natal Corridor) main line with a manganese t... (more)

A train of jet fuel tankers from Durban to Johannesburg is climbing the grade west of Spruytsrus station towards the Kraal tunnel (1462 meters / 4796 feet), led by 18E 18 639 and two sisters in Sp... (more)

Rain clouds are quickly moving in from the west, as an overnight container train from Durban to Johannesburg with the usual motive power of three 18E's, crosses the Blesbokspruit bridge just north... (more)

Transnet Freight Rail uses the sidings at Redan as a crew change point and freight trains can often be seen staged here, waiting for new crews. This pair of 18E's in TFR red livery on a block load... (more)

A lone bird watches from above as a southbound container train heading to Durban crosses the Suikerbosrant (sugar bush ridge) river, between Spruytsrus and Fortuna, behind a trio of first series 1... (more)

The rising sun catches a Durban to Johannesburg train of double deck motor car carriers on the grade out of Spruytsrus station, led by 18E 18 377 and two sisters.

On a clear and sunny spring morning, with some greenery evident after the first spring rains, the luxury Blue Train is passing Raathsvlei, as it travels over the link line from Potchefstroom to Ho... (more)

As a summer thunderstorm builds in the background, the three times weekly Trans Karoo from Johannesburg to Cape Town is passing through Hamberg Metrorail station, on the way to its first stop at K... (more)

The "Red Mamba" is the nickname given to the train of Butanol tankers that runs from the Sasol Solvents plant in Sasolburg and the name is even stencilled on the tanker wagons used on th... (more)

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)

Early on a sunny spring morning, the northbound Blue Train from Cape Town to Pretoria is 45 minutes ahead of schedule, heading towards its next stop at Klerksdorp as it passes the Senwes Grainlink... (more)