A Johannesburg bound container train nears the top of the steep gradient on the approach to Cedara Station in the KZN Midlands. The lead locomotive, 18-216, was experiencing difficulties and actu... (more)

Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, is about to leave the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast for the short haul up to the mill with a load of 11 timber wagons.... (more)

A Johannesburg bound container train, led by Class 18E Series 1 locomotive, 18-299 (Spoornet "blue" livery still in very good condition), twists its way up towards Hammarsdale. The Natal Main Line... (more)

These are Class 37 Diesels, 37-042 / 37-075 / 37-019, built by General Motors South Africa as model GM-EMD GT26M2C, in 1981 / 1982 – a total of 100 built. They are heading down the KwaZulu Nata... (more)

36-251 is seen here busy shunting the Shosholoza Meyl / Trans Natal down to the Carriage & Wagon Inspection Yard. Shunt assistants are about to exchange clearance information re the inspection pi... (more)

The last of actual (non preservation) working steam operations in South Africa is carried out at the Saiccor Paper Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. This is Saiccor No. 1 working... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-238, trundles through Ladysmith Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal from the Durban side on her way to Danskraal Locomotive Depot / Yard. Built by General Motors S... (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)

The last working steam operations (non preservation) in South Africa. Saiccor No. 3 (Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767) - Leaving the Saiccor Exchange Yard at Umkomaas with a load of timber for the short... (more)

Early on a bright, yet chilly winter morning, at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. E1592, in her original SAR livery, is making a scheduled crew change stop, with the overnight J... (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)

Train No. 1041 (Set M6), a Type 10M5 suburban commuter set operated by PRASA / Metrorail, is about to pass under the Congella Road bridge and make a stop at Congella Station. The train originated... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-214, working the yard just opposite the old Clairwood Racecourse. Designed by General Motors Electro Motive Division and built by General Motors South Africa as ... (more)

Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, is about to leave the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast for the short haul up to the mill with a load of 11 timber wagons.... (more)

PRASA 18-427 climbing up towards Tweedie contra flow with the Trans Natal (Shosholoza Meyl), having just undergone a crew change at Lions River Station. As per Photo ID: 495738, both overnight Joh... (more)