Not long after sunrise, four class 34's climb the grade out of the Groot Marico River valley with containers and empty petrol tankers in tow.

A pair of swallows swoop over Transnet's Phelophepa health care train, as it runs through Allanridge, on its way from the town of Bothaville to its next stopover at Koppies. Allanridge was once a ... (more)

The 'Red Devil' rides! On 11th June 1983, Class 26 4-8-4 no.3450 worked the Komatipoort passenger trains from Pretoria as far as Witbank, and return. If I remember correctly, the Railway Society o... (more)

Brazilian built ex- Sheltam GE C30-EMP # 3001 moves through the Waterval processing plant at Anglo Platinum's Rustenburg Platinum Mines, to pick up a load of empties after the 2:00pm shift change.

Metrorail train #3228 16:40 from Strand to Cape Town, passes the still operational semaphore home signal and crosses the Eersterivier (First River) bridge, as it slows for the station stop at Faur... (more)

North of Potchefstroom, the Premier Classe follows the original Cape main line via Welverdiend, which is mostly single track as far as Randfontein. On a sunny winter morning, a single class 6E1 is... (more)

Four class 34's sweep around the curve approaching Orient level crossing with 36 loaded fuel tankers, bound for Botswana. These locomotives will take the train as far as Mafikeng, where Botswana R... (more)

A few cattle grazing alongside the track are unperturbed by the passing of the Phelophepa health care train, as it approaches Ancona Junction in soft morning light. The Phelophepa (loosely transla... (more)

After a fast run across the southern Free State from Springfontein, the Johannesburg - East London "Amatola" is approaching the R701 road bridge just north of Bethulie, passing an electrical sub-s... (more)

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)

Smoke and steam on a cold morning, a photographer's delight.

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 held for a preceeding freight. The st... (more)

After a week spent in Bothaville providing medical services to the local community, Transnet's 18 car Phelophepa 1 health care train is on a repositioning move to Bloemfontein. The train joined th... (more)

Unloading at Cooke Plant is complete and No.3013 is ready to haul the empties back up the grade to Millsite, to collect another load of mine tailings. This operation continues 24/7, with at least ... (more)

Four class 18E's on a westbound block load of coal empties, crossing the Blesbokspruit just north of Heidelberg station.