Late afternoon midway through winter, and as usual the veld (grass) fires have burnt the scrub vegetation around the very dry, steep and rugged terrain at the back of Shongweni that the Natal Main... (more)

Light units, 18-663 / 18-118 / 18-124, climb directly into the sun late on an autumn afternoon, having just passed through Shongweni Station bound for Masons Mill in Petermaritzburg to pick up a l... (more)

18-603 heads this "Python", a load of 65 X C Type Wagons, used for either manganese or coal loads - in this case these are empties, through Umlaas Road. These "Pythons" are the biggest trains wor... (more)

A quartet of Class 6E1 electric units, with E1282 in charge, crosses the Umkomaas River bridge on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast with a load of timber for the Saiccor Paper Mill in Umkomaas. The t... (more)

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2) No. 2767, working the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. No. 2767 was built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns i... (more)

Class 18E Series 1, 18-506, is seen here passing through Colenso with a variety of empty grain wagon types, as she heads towards Danskraal / Ladysmith for her next scheduled stop (Crew Change), ab... (more)

It's mid morning on a sweltering summer day in Pietermaritzburg, as 18-506 crosses the Pentrich Viaduct with a double stack Car Train bound for Bayhead in Durban.

R.I.P. Saiccor No.1 ex SAR Class 19D, No. 2697 (4-8-2), withdrawn from service permanently (sustained running damages beyond viable repair) shortly after this photo was taken in 2013. The last of ... (more)

Amid very unsettled weather conditions, an older Type 5M2A Metrorail set approaches Umkomaas Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. The train is bound for Durban having departed from Kelso.

Shosholoza Meyl's Class 36 Diesel Shunter in Durban, 36-251, is hard at work moving two Class 18E units (PRASA "blue" livery) and Class 6E1 (Spoornet "orange" livery), E1394, into the shed for the... (more)

Steam operations at the Saiccor Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast were interrupted recently, while maintenance issues with the remaining two locomotives still in service were resol... (more)

Built by General Motors South Africa as GM-EMD SW1002, Class 36 (200) Diesel Shunter (who entered service in 1981), 36-231, has just carefully placed the Car Carrier off the overnight Johannesburg... (more)

Just after sunrise as 18-272 passes through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of Lime Wagons (a pretty unusual load on the Natal Main Line) bound for Durban. A Johanne... (more)

18-073 is seen here heading a load of cement across the Mooi River. The train is heading out of KwaZulu Natal and is probably bound for Gauteng / Johannesburg. It would have departed Durban abou... (more)

Class 6E1 locomotives, E1531 (still in her original South African Railway livery and with a full set of number and maker plates intact) and E1702, are seen here leaving Bayhead Yard after cutting ... (more)