Towards the end of 2009 DCD Dorbyl’s rolling stock division (RSD) supplied two shunting locomotives to Transnet Rail Engineering (the engineering division of Transnet Freight Rail). The two 24 t... (more)

A nice mix of liveries with a couple of Class 8E centre cab electric shunting locomotives, together with a couple of their Class 36 (200) diesel counterparts, as they enjoy a bit of rest time late... (more)

Two class 35s in Spoornet orange and TFR red lead the Voorbaai - Worcester freight through Riversdal.

Late on an autumn afternoon and Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-238, has just finished work for the day at Bayhead in Durban. In 1980/1, one hundred and one of these locomotives entered service... (more)

A mid-summer sunrise catches three 18E's approaching Sprucewell, near Greylingstad on the Natal main line, with their train of empty type CAR and CFR wagons returning to the manganese mines in the... (more)

On a summer afternoon a matched set of five first series 18E's in Spoornet blue livery lead their train of empty coal wagons across the Blesbokspruit bridge, just north of Heidelberg station on th... (more)

A Rovos train behind 2 class 34s in Spoornet blue pulls into the Voorbaai yard where the diesels will be replaced by 3 class 35s for the trip to Worcester.

Two class 35s and two class 34s stands with their train at the end of Bergrivier siding while an empty coal train passes by on the loop line.

At the time this picture was taken, Wolwehoek was a reasonably well kept manned station with manually controlled colour light block signalling. The bakkie (pick-up truck) parked on the platform be... (more)

A loaded ore slowly accelerate away from Loop 7 while the sheep start to gather in the shade of the tree on another hot and dry day in the Northern Cape.

After collecting loaded grain wagons from the silos at Rooiwal, this pair of Kroonstad based class 34's in Spoornet blue livery are waiting in the freight siding for the signal to proceed north to... (more)

A pair of Kroonstad based class 34-400's are working a late running mixed freight of grain wagons and butane and propylene tankers from Kroonstad to Sasolburg, seen just south of the old Greenland... (more)

My first shot of 2015 produced an unexpected surprise in the form of a late running local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg, departing Rooiwal early on a beautiful summer morning. A pair of Kroo... (more)

Down in the valley, 18-506, with a load of containers, is passing through the largely dairy producing area of Mooi River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. The train left Durban about 3½ hours earli... (more)

With some afternoon storm activity around and the landscape already showing signs of the change in seasons, as we move through autumn and head closer to winter in South Africa, 18-506 is pictured ... (more)