Unfortunately the weather did not play along for this rare occasion when two of PRASA's brand new Class 18E main line passenger haulers, 18-431 & 18-430, visited Kelso on the KwaZulu Natal South C... (more)

A misty and chilly winter morning as ex South African Railways Class 3BR No. 1486 "MAUREEN" (4-8-2) enters Botha's Hill Station on the old Natal Main Line enroute to Inchanga Station. The locom... (more)

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

It's really late in the afternoon now as 18-615 / 18-023 / 18-512 and a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg pass through Umlaas Road. The train had been held up at Shongweni (alo... (more)

18-177 / 18-153 / 18-052 are outward bound from Durban with a load of containers. The train is seen here busy winding its way through the rural hills of the Shongweni / Cliffdale area, having dep... (more)

Some unexpected simultaneous dual motive power activity on the Richards Bay Coal Line on a very gloomy day. Four Class 19E locomotives (to the right of the photo), with 19 010 in charge, heading ... (more)

Late on a beautiful spring afternoon in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, as 18-504 & 18-261 cross the Mooi River with a shortish tanker train. The train is outward bound from Durban and will stop for a... (more)

Between 1971 and 1973 the South African Railways added 125 of these locomotives to their growing diesel fleet. Built by General Electric as GE U26C, the first three in the class were imported and... (more)

At the time this photo was taken, 18-690 was the newest 18E to arrive in Durban from Koedespoort, Pretoria. This could well be her first time out with a load, so fitting to see her as lead unit o... (more)

A scheduled Rovos Rail train, with mostly stunning and hugely impressive vintage clerestory roofed coaches in the consist, has made a routine stop at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midla... (more)

A beautiful winter morning in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands and 18-600 has just made the swing righthanded under the bridge into Dargle Station with grain wagons. The train will now start the climb ... (more)

Class 18E, 18-034, is crossing the steel bridge and about to swing righthanded into Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of containers. The train is bound for Kings Rest ... (more)

The afternoon jet fuel train, headed by 18-232 is crossing the Mooi River and will shortly pass through Mooi River Station in the Kwazulu Natal Midlands. The train is Johannesburg bound and the en... (more)

Class 18E Series 1, 18-092, has almost completed the climb away from Rosetta to Mooi River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with this load of containers bound for Kazerne in Johannesburg.

A day trip by car up as far as Glencoe in Northern KwaZulu Natal from Durban involves about 6 hours driving time / 600km (return), and is generally a very rushed affair, requiring a ridiculously e... (more)