Under the gaze of a lonely star, Friends of the Rail’s ex-SAR class 24 2-8-4 3664 and 15F 4-8-2 3117 pose at Capital Park depot, during a night photo shoot for a Geoff's Trains tour group.

With just under 6 hours to go until New Year, the staff have gone home early and all is quiet at the Middelvlei grain silos. Middelvlei station was closed several years ago - the sidings have sinc... (more)

After a week spent serving the town of Frankfort, Transnet's 18-car Phelophepa health care train is on the move again, to Thaba Nchu in the southern Free State. The train is seen passing through K... (more)

The wheatfields of the Western Cape help to make Transnet Freight Rail's Caledon branch the most profitable line in the region. Three TFR class 35 GE's haul the maximum of 17 loaded hoppers throug... (more)

Running as train 9482, a four coach Tshwane Business Express has just crossed the Sesmylspruit (Six Mile Creek) bridge between Irene and Pinedene on its journey from Pretoria to Johannesburg.

A LIRR train running from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma pulls into Woodside station in Queens, to come to a stop alongside the temporary boarding ramps from Platform A.

One of the few diesel-hauled Metrorail services operates between Cape Town and Malmesbury. The 13:50 Saturdays only train from Cape Town is seen leaving Fisantkraal, heading towards Klipheuwel. Th... (more)

In the days of the old South African Railways (SAR), trains from the south headed for Coligny and Lichtenburg would have to reverse direction at Welverdiend. A new cut-off built by Spoornet about ... (more)

Fifty three years after being delivered to the South African Railways from the USA, this class 31 Bo-Bo (GE U12B) survives in service with Sheltam, but rebuilt with a low short hood. Previously Sh... (more)

The Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe" climbs the grade from Middelvlei, passing the newly opened Lafarge Cement plant, as clouds move in from the south.

Sheltam has sold eight of its GE (Brazil) C30-EMP's to Anglo Platinum, for use on their Rustenburg system. The first to be repainted into the Anglo Platinum colour scheme is # 3002, seen here work... (more)

This pair of class 34's are working hard up the long grade out of Boons station, hauling Rovos Rail's train from Victoria Falls as far as Krugersdorp, where one or two electric locomotives will ta... (more)

Rovos Rail's last train from George to Cape Town runs through the valley of the Breerivier (wide river), near Bonnievale.

TRAINS CAN KILL.... to make motorists more aware of the dangers of arguing with a train, Transnet Freight Rail has erected large billboards at certain level crossings along the secondary main line... (more)

Semaphore signals continue to be operational at four stations on the Free State main line. At the south end of Rooiwal station, a pair of 6E1's wearing the orange livery of their previous owner (S... (more)