5 x 18E's #515/640/506/604/811 pulling a normal length container train approaching Balgowan

A lovely late winter afternoon as Class 18E Series 1, 18-253, climbs contra flow with a container train up through the steep gradients and many twists and turnbacks of Boughton. At this point the ... (more)

This trio of Class 18E locomotives, headed by 18-349, still look pretty good in their "refreshed", old Spoornet blue livery. They are seen here passing through Camperdown, as they leave... (more)

Twenty minutes before 18-164 appeared with a load of containers it was looking good for snow. This train is heading out of KZN and is bound for Kaserne.

Leaving Durban and bound for Kazerne in Johannesburg is 18-609 with a load of containers, crossing the Mkondeni Viaduct in the section between Ashburton and Pietermaritzburg.

The weather office has been predicting snow in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands for the next few days, so a trip to that part of the world was a must, with snow being so rarely seen here. Only very lig... (more)

An early autumn morning and 18-087 is heading a Durban bound container train through Lidgetton Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands.

Container traffic on the Natal Main Line, both in and out of Durban is brisk. This is 18-104 with a load of 35 container wagons passing through Cato Ridge Station bound for Durban. There is abou... (more)

18-524 / 18-267 / 18-052 and a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg are about to make a quick stop at Umlaas Road Station.

18-055 / 18-667 / 18-229 (dead unit) run contra flow down through the steep gradients of Boughton / Boughton Station in Pietermaritzburg with a short load of almost all Maersk containers.

Just after sunrise on a chilly winter morning, as 18-297 / 18-119 / 18-169 cross the little bridge out of Mooi River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands as they head towards Hidcote with a load of conta... (more)

18-052, who was probably at the time, the dirtiest and most faded of her class that I had seen and much in need of a new paint job, starts the climb away from Frere Station up towards Chieveley an... (more)

18-297 crossing the old bridge out of Mooi River towards Hidcote on a cold winters morning of 1 °C

Container traffic on the line between Durban and Johannesburg is very brisk, with Durban's busy harbour handling a seemingly never ending stream of container ships at it's container terminal. Thi... (more)

A thunder storm has just passed through the area and we were left with a beautiful late autumn afternoon as 18-521 and a container train pass by the front of Michaelhouse (a top private boy's scho... (more)