The Blue train heads home after a weekend in Durban
The Blue Train, with 18-802 / 18-807 in charge, has just crossed the Mkondeni Viaduct and is making her way into Pietermaritzburg. After a weekend in Durban, the train departed Durban at 14:30 on... (more)
After a quick weekend visit to the east coast city of Durban, 18-802 / 18-807 are seen winding their way through the rural hills of the Shongweni / Cliffdale area on their return journey to Pretor... (more)
The Blue Train comes to Durban for the weekend! 18-802 & 18-807 (very recent additions to the TFR Class 18E fleet) are seen here with one of Transnet Freight Rail's prestigious and world renowned... (more)
Amid very unsettled hazy / smoggy conditions, 18-655 is about to pass under the Congella Road steel bridge with one of the luxury Blue Train sets, which is visiting Durban this weekend on a Vodaco... (more)
TFR (Transnet Freight Rail) certainly put on a show when their world renowned Blue Train visited Durban during November 2013! Two brand new Class 18E locomotives, 18-773 & 18-772, were assigned t... (more)
Brand new to the Transnet Freight Rail fleet, 18-773 & 18-772 passing through Umlaas Road, as they leave KwaZulu Natal with one of the beautiful and prestigious Blue Train sets, bound for Johannes... (more)
The luxury Blue Train operated a private charter from Pretoria to Bloemfontein for the Macufe Festival (Macufe = Mangaung African Cultural Festival). Northbound on the return journey to Pretoria, ... (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)
18-328 & the Blue Train, South Africa's premier and world renowned long distance passenger train, was an extremely welcome visitor to Durban, KwaZulu Natal this weekend. She is pictured here pass... (more)
Limited to 40Km/h for this section, the Blue Train carefully negotiates its way through Tulbagh Kloof
At least a dozen special trains operated from various parts of the country to the city of Bloemfontein for the ANC's 100th birthday celebrations on 8th January (ANC = African National Congress - S... (more)
