A Manhattan-bound No.7 Local heading towards 82nd Street-Jackson Heights.

The bright morning sun highlights this colourful lash-up of four clean class 10E1's, working a 100 wagon coal train from the Witbank coalfields to Ermelo, on the 3kV DC section of the CoalLink lin... (more)

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba Pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)

Despite the station at Koelenhof having been closed, the semaphore signals at both ends of the station remain in place, albeit in the "all clear" position at all times. Metrorail train 3412 is see... (more)

AR&TS (African Rail & Traction Services) # 053 has completed the morning shift and is waiting for its next assignment at Anglo Platinum's Waterval depot on their Rustenburg system. On the left are... (more)

The crew of Reefsteamers class 15F 4-8-2 "Janine" acknowledge the waves from a group of admirers as their steed charges up Hamberg bank with a Youth Day special from Johannesburg to Maga... (more)

An Australian in South Africa.....this ex-Queensland Railways class 1720 Clyde GL18C Co-Co now belongs to RRL Grindrod and is currently based at Welkom to work the Harmony Gold ore traffic. On a s... (more)

This year is the 150th anniversary of railways in South Africa and, to celebrate this historic occassion, Friends of the Rail operated a special passenger train from Pretoria to the mining town of... (more)

With a GE P32AC-DM shoving on the rear, Metro North train 850 from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Terminal in New York, has just exited the west bore of the tunnel below Breakneck Mountain and is p... (more)

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)

After a week spent at Bothaville, the Phelophepa health care train is on a repositioning move to its next destination. The sunlight struggles to break through early morning cloud, as the train pas... (more)

The New York City Transit Museum operated their "Nostalgic Shoppers Special Train" on Sundays during December 2015, along the Sixth Avenue line, between 2nd Avenue and Queens Plaza stati... (more)

Train 47238, a holiday extra from East London, is northbound to Johannesburg on the Free State main line, in beautiful early morning light, behind class 6E1 E1454. The passenger coaches are still ... (more)

160 class 5E Bo-Bo electric locomotives were built for the South African Railways (SAR) between 1955 and 1959. In 2011 the last operational member of the class was part of Impala Platinum's fleet ... (more)

A very late running "Amatola" from Johannesburg is seen east of Providence siding (behind the trees in the middle distance), approaching the R715 road bridge. From Springfontein to East London (47... (more)