18-124 with a short mixed load bound for Durban is seen crossing 18-614 with a load of empty CAR Wagons just outside Chieveley Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal.

18-047 emerges from the cutting out of Nshongweni Station into the bright autumn afternoon sunlight with a load of C Type Wagons (Ore) empties.

On a nice bright winter afternoon, 18-126, together with the help of an additional four 18E units in red Transnet Freight Rail livery, cautiously bring a fully loaded "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons (C... (more)

Midweek track maintenance has resulted in 18-036 having to run contra flow as she passes over the Willows Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road with her load of containers. There are cross over points abo... (more)

18-311 is seen here unravelling from the top loop of Boughton, with a special refrigerated container test train. Exactly what was being tested is still unknown. This section of the line (Cedara ... (more)

As the dryness of the vegetation suggests, it's a late winter afternoon as 18-253 heads this 35 wagon Container Train towards Pietermaritzburg, having just crossed the Mkondeni Viaduct.

18-349 in the old Blue Spoornet livery, working together with four additional Class 18Es in red Transnet Freight Rail livery and en-route to Durban, pass by the graves of some British soldiers who... (more)

It's late afternoon and a typical summer thunderstorm is brewing as 18-683 / 18-639 / 18-642 all in red Transnet Freight Rail livery run light units through the sad remains of Umlaas Road Station ... (more)

This is 18-401, with one of PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl's flagship long distance passenger rail sets - Premier Classe, crossing over the Pentrich Viaduct enroute to Durban, on one of the more clear wi... (more)

Its 6:45am on a winter morning as 18-405 heads a Shosholoza Meyl (Trans Natal) across the Pentrich Viaduct and leaves Pietermaritzburg behind, for the final stage of the journey on to Durban. Thi... (more)

18-221 runs up the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of empty Car Carrier Wagons bound for Durban. The car moving business is brisk on the Natal Ma... (more)

Not often we get to see five Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) red liveried 18Es working a train together in KZN - the Umbilo Locomotive Depot, where the units originate from are not big on colour codin... (more)

18-405 and a Durban bound Shosholoza Meyl (Trans Natal) runs contra flow toward Cato Ridge.

18-306 with a short tanker train moving through Umlaas Road and about to pass over the crossing to National Chicks Farm.

The opportunities for snow and particularly train photos in the snow, are pretty rare in Kwazulu Natal. Here is 18-517 with Cement Wagons, shutdown in the snow at Hidcote - this as a result of so... (more)