The starter signal is pulled off and Shosholoza Meyl's "Tourism" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg, also known as the "Algoa", pulls out of Heuningspruit on the Free State main line after being ... (more)

The rising sun catches a Manhattan-bound No.7 Local leaving the 46th Street station above Queens Boulevard, as a Flushing-bound Local heads off in the opposite direction.

A Metrorail class 5M2A EMU heads downgrade through Fountains valley towards Pretoria. On the adjacent track a pair of class 36 shunters (GE SG10B) wait for clearance to cross over and follow the E... (more)

The buildings of Manhattan's Upper East Side rise in the background, as a LIRR train running from Penn Station to Port Washington approaches its station stop at Woodside in Queens.

A late running local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg provided this rare opportunity to capture a freight at my favourite location north of Rooiwal station, passing the outer home and distant s... (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)

Due to the CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) project currently underway on the No.7 Flushing line, the R62A's are fast disappearing as they are moved to the No.6 Lexington Avenue line and ... (more)

A single GE class 35-400, working the weekday freight from Malmesbury to De Hoek, runs into a patch of sunlight near Rust siding in the Swartland region of the Western Cape. Fellow RP contributor ... (more)

A lash-up of four GE class 34's is ready to depart from Tarlton station with 36 loaded fuel tankers, bound for Botswana. These locomotives will take the train as far as Mafikeng, where Botswana Ra... (more)

The grazing sheep are oblivious to its passing as the Mondays to Fridays Malmesbury - De Hoek freight winds its way through the wheatfields of the Swartland, heading north towards Morreesburg. It ... (more)

The roller coaster nature of the Krugersdorp - Mafikeng line is evident in this shot of Rovos Rail's "Pride of Africa" safari train heading east to Johannesburg behind two Class 34 diesels.

The railway line between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal was first opened in 1891 and today crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. Having exited ... (more)

In the shadow of the Bear Mountain bridge, a southbound CSX freight is exiting the tunnel under the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site and crossing Popolopen Creek, as it makes its way along the ... (more)

The afternoon light is barely breaking through the clouds overhead as the Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth "Algoa" heads south through Wolwehoek station on the Free State main line, led by 6E1 E1659... (more)

A Flushing-bound No.7 Local threads its way through the graffitied rooftops of Queens, as it approaches 74th Street-Broadway station. In the distance above the rear of the train, a MTA MPI MP8AC-3... (more)