Running long hood forward (and reminding me of a RS3!), Harmony No.1 arrives at Showgrounds Exchange with empty hoppers, to exchange with RRL Grindrod for loaded ones.

On a quiet Saturday afternoon Sheltam no.4 sits waiting for its next assignment on the Harmony Gold system. Until recently, this loco was based at Randfontein, working on the Rand Uranium system.

What turned out to be Rovos Rail's last train from George to Cape Town, is seen on the outskirts of Ashton, crossing a small tributary of the Kogmanskloof river, which flows through the town.

I wonder how many thousands of trains have passed through these tunnel portals since 1902? A CSX freight enters Fort Montgomery tunnel as it makes its way up the Hudson River valley towards Selkir... (more)

A pair of class 43's (GE C30-ACi) sitting outside the workshops at Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort works in Pretoria. On the left is 43 011, one of the first loco's built in 2011, back at Koe... (more)

Rovos Rail's ex- South African Railways class 25NC no. 3442 hauls the Pretoria - Cape Town train out of the yard at Capital Park, to place it alongside the platform for passenger boarding. The sem... (more)

After a change in direction at Hennenman on the Free State main line, as well as a switch from diesel to electric traction, Transnet's Phelophepa 1 health care train is seen crossing the Sand Rive... (more)

Friends of the Rail's ex- SAR class 19D 4-8-2 does some shunting at their Capital Park depot, early on a beautiful cold and sunny winter morning.

A tick on my bucket list, an early morning spent at the Rt 218 viewpoint on Storm King Mountain to enjoy the beautiful fall colours of the Hudson Highlands... and the trains too! It wasn't long be... (more)

A couple of birds swoop over the new Lafarge Cement plant, perhaps disturbed by the passing of the Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe". When it opens, this cement plant will be served by rai... (more)

A Tokyo bound N700 series Shinkansen operated by JR West, is passing through Tamachi on 1 435 mm gauge track, while in the background a JR East Keihin-Tohoku Line train on 1 067 gauge pulls into T... (more)

Amidst the fall foliage of the Hudson Highlands a Metro North train approaches Bear Mountain bridge, as it makes its way along the east shore of the Hudson River, heading towards Poughkeepsie.

Anglo Platinum bought eight of Sheltam's GE (Brazil) C30-EMP's, 3001 - 3008, and has begun repainting them from Sheltam green into their own blue & white livery. With the Magaliesberg mountains an... (more)

A Manhattan-bound No.5 Lexington Avenue Express train from Eastchester Dyre Avenue, arriving at Gun Hill Road station.

Cosmos in full bloom on the Highveld can only mean one thing - summer is over and autumn is on the way. With the pink and white blossoms adding splashes of colour along the tracks, this coal train... (more)