Spot on time at 06:24, the luxury Blue Train is running through Heuningspruit, passing the starter signal at the north end of the station. The train is led by class 14E class leader 14-001 and is ... (more)

Trains running south from Lydenburg to Belfast face a climb of 627 metres (2057 ft) in 68 km (42 miles) through mountainous terrain until they reach Nederhorst, the highest point on the railway sy... (more)

With the sun already well below the horizon and a cold front moving in, there is just enough light in the sky to silhouette this quartet of Class 10E1 Co-Co 3kV DC electrics as they speed through ... (more)

On the Gold One system near Randfontein, one of Sheltam's ex- South African Railways class 33-200 locomotives # 33-216 (EMD GL26MC), is running long hood forward as it leaves Mid-load junction to ... (more)

An Australian in South Africa.....ex-Queensland Railways class 2600 Goninan/GE U22C (rebuilt as C22-MMi) now belongs to African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS) and is seen operating on the Gold O... (more)

An Australian in South Africa.....this ex-Queensland Railways class 2600 Goninan/GE U22C (rebuilt as C22-MMi) now belongs to African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS) and has been leased to Sheltam... (more)

Four class 39-200's have just run through Gesukkel siding with their train of chrome ore and are crossing the Lakenspruit bridge, before tackling the last part of the long uphill route from Lydenb... (more)

Four of the 20 Class 39-200 (EMD GT26CU-3) locomotives based at Lydenburg on the Belfast - Steelpoort branch line, team up to work a chrome ore train of type CAR and CFR wagons to Belfast. The tra... (more)

A fleet of 20 of these Class 39-200 (EMD GT26CU-3) locomotives is based at Lydenburg to handle the traffic on the Belfast - Steelpoort branch line. On a beautiful late winter morning, four of thes... (more)

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited from Chicago has entered third rail electric territory and is stopped at the signal bridge just north of Croton-Harmon station to allow the F40 to uncouple and pull for... (more)

Class 34 GE U26C # 34-120, still wearing its original SAR red livery, is one of the stalwarts of the fleet that operates the Krugersdorp - Mafikeng line. This veteran locomotive is basking in late... (more)

Quite unusually for a highveld winters day, a thunderstorm is brewing in the background, as a pair of class 36 GE SG10B's wearing the Spoornet orange and blue liveries, haul a long string of petro... (more)

In 2012 a batch of 30 diesel and three electric ex-Queensland Railways locomotives was imported into South Africa from Australia by three South African companies - AR&TS, RRL Grindrod and SAFLog. ... (more)

A little ice on the river and a little snow in the woods......the remains of winter are evident, as a Conrail freight crosses the Popolopen Creek trestle, heading north up the Hudson River with th... (more)

In the 1980's a number of "Steam Safari" railfan tours were operated by SARtravel, the travel division of the South African Railways. One such tour was arranged by SARtravel's New York office in O... (more)