Day 3 of off loading. Class 37 Diesels (blue Spoornet livery), 37-066 & 37-069, have just coupled up to ex Queensland Railway 2250 Class, No. 2273, to move her down to a holding yard at the end o... (more)

Ex QR National Railway, 2111D, being craned off the “Clipper Amber” at Maydon Wharf in Durban. 2111D formed part of a consignment of locomotives that arrived in South Africa in June 2012 from... (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)

These two diesel locomotives from the 1960s (CFL 111 & CFL 104) are type GE U20C and belong to CFL (Caminho de Ferro de Luanda) / Luanda Railway - sometimes called Angola Railway. They are pictur... (more)

Covered in dust and in very poor condition now, these two examples of South African Railway electric motive power history are still standing in a disused Goods Shed at Danskraal / Ladysmith. Fron... (more)

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

DD2359 (rebuilt from 2100 Class Clyde/EMD GL26C), DAZ 1905 (DA Class Clyde/EMD G26C) and AB 1501 (AB Class Clyde/EMD G22C), are part of a total of 23 locomotives of various Class / Types (all dies... (more)

EXX-3001/2/3 while staged in a yard in Maydon Wharf, Durban, awaiting the arrival of a ship to take them through to Brazzaville in the Congo. The three locomotives (EXX-3001 / EXX-3002 / EXX-3003)... (more)

A mixed batch of 34 ex Tranz Metro (New Zealand) motor coaches and trailers arrived in Durban, South Africa on board the MV Pangani just over a week ago for Novus / Genrail. They are pictured her... (more)

The four 422 Class Clyde / EMD J26C (Standard Gauge) locomotives, with 42211 in front, as well as the container flat wagons are still in Durban. They were part of a total of 23 locomotives of var... (more)

Three brand new locomotives, manufactured by RRL Grindrod South Africa in Pretoria, headed by CC 1101, passing through Boughton Station in Pietermaritzburg. They were bound for a staging yard in ... (more)

Brand spanking new and on their way to Pretoria, running contra flow while passing through the cutting out of Ashburton Station here is Transnet Freight Rail's (the first two of six ordered) impor... (more)

The Glovis Captain, berthed at the Durban Car Terminal, provides part of the backdrop to GPR 30-03, staged at the Point Yard at the main entrance to Durban Harbour along with GPR 30-04 - both loco... (more)

Central East African Railways (previously Malawi Railways) No. 526 and No. 525 are staged along Maydon Wharf in Durban awaiting delivery. These two locomotives are the final two of six of their t... (more)

Four dirty and well travelled old ladies running light units across the Umgababa Bridge on the Kwazulu Natal South Coast back to their depot in Wentworth, Durban. These Class 6E1 Electrics have j... (more)