The TCO (train control officer) at Rooiwal sets up the signals for the next approaching passenger train. Rooiwal is one of five remaining stations on the Free State main line between Vereeniging a... (more)

Train 74211, southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, passing the starter signal for northbound trains at Heuningspruit. The concrete sleepers and ballast in the foreground are t... (more)

Train 74211, southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, pulling away from Rooiwal after a brief stop to collect a written order, authorising the driver to pass a faulty intermediat... (more)

My 100th shot on RP! A southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, made up of Spoornet blue & grey stock, races across the wide open spaces of Free State province behind 6E1 E1378. ... (more)

One of my rarest catches of the year! Only 3 or 4 sets of passenger coaches remain in their original South African Railways (SAR) red and grey livery, and these are only used in peak holiday perio... (more)

It was quite a hot day as the daily sitter train from JHB arrives in the Cape while a Metro train passes on the left.

Two 6E1s in Spoornet orange lead a Rovos train out of the Cape to Pretoria.

SAME PLACE, DIFFERENT CENTURY: Another shot at Malan. Compare this with Photo #300407 taken almost 20 year later. A then almost brand new 6E1 E1754 takes the Cape Town - Touws River stopping passe... (more)

A trio of 6Es (Tip: the 6Es have conventional bogies, the 6E1s have external torsion bars) grind up Malan bank with a loaded grain train.

Shortly after sunrise, Shosholoza Meyl's "Tourism" from Port Elizabeth is heading north on the Free State main line near Rooiwal, destination Johannesburg. This 6E1 is lettered for NATCOR (Natal C... (more)

Three class 6E locos lead a freight through Muldersvlei in the afternoon.

The 4 times a week tourist train between Cape Town and Johannesburg passes by.

Twenty years have passed since the old South African Railways (SAR) became Spoornet (and more recently, Transnet Freight Rail), yet a number of Class 6E1 electrics remain in their original SAR red... (more)

Class 6E1 E1353 is seen leaving Rooiwal on Easter Monday morning, working a holiday extra from East London to Johannesburg. The load consists of passenger cars in the old Spoornet blue & grey live... (more)

Today was my birthday and what better way to spend it than to go chase trains! Here 2 class 34s and class 9E electric pushes at the back of a very long empty ore train.