If Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg happens to be running late on a summer morning, daylight photography is possible south of Bloemfontein on a section norma... (more)

Harmony No.10, formerly Freegold's President Steyn mine No.10, hauling empties from Harmony One Plant, heading east to the exchange yard, where a Sheltam locomotive will take over and run to Harmo... (more)

Dusk in Queens... The temperature is below freezing and, being a Sunday, the snow from the previous days storm lies undisturbed along the centre express track. The Monday morning rush hour will s... (more)

RRL Grindrod has the contract to haul reef for Harmony Gold from Brand siding in Welkom, to the Nyala and Tshepong mines at Friedesheim and Odendaalsrus respectively, which involves operating over... (more)

Light snow in the early morning has brought a wintery feel to the Tri-State area. At NJ Transit's Hoboken Terminal the old DL&W train shed frames two NJT dual-mode ALP45DP's waiting for their depa... (more)

The Cape Town - Simon's Town railway, operated by Metrorail, runs along the scenic False Bay coast all the way from Muizenberg to the terminus at Simon's Town. Passing Kalk Bay harbour, a 5M2A set... (more)

Metrorail train 0668 has just crossed the Sesmylspruit (Six Mile Creek) between Irene and Pinedene on its way from Pretoria to Johannesburg. The third coach in this set is interesting in that the ... (more)

One of my favourite locations on the Free State main line, Rooiwal (red embankment) is one of the few remaining examples of a reasonably well maintained South African country station, with its gra... (more)

Class 19D no.3324 hauls the return working of the Outeniqua Tjoe-Choo, climbing past Wilderness beach towards Dolphin Point, heading home to George. Sadly, this line has remained closed since 2006... (more)

A pair of class 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery, E1235 & E1230, approach Arbor station with an eastbound block load of empty timber wagons (note the different pantographs on the two locomotives). ... (more)

To position a train at Cooke Plant's unloading bins requires several reversing moves. After arriving from Millsite on the track on the right, 3012 has backed its load into the yard in the backgrou... (more)

Moments before sunset on a dry and dusty winter afternoon, a Sheltam C30-EMP hauls its train of hoppers loaded with gold bearing reef from Cooke 2 shaft to the reduction plant at Doornkop.

To help ease their motive power shortage while orders for new locomotives are filled, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has hired a number of RRL Grindrod's type RL30SCC-3 diesels, built at the Grindrod... (more)

Three of TFR's class 38 Bo-Bo electro-diesels are running in electric mode on the 3kV DC section of the CoalLink line west of Ermelo, returning empty coal wagons to the mines around Witbank. These... (more)

Sheltam no.4 (ex-SAR class 34-200, EMD 1971) departs from Cooke 3 shaft with 11 loaded ore hoppers, bound for Cooke reduction plant.