The Impala Platinum Mine is spread out over a large area north of the town of Rustenburg, with its 14 shafts linked to the processing plants by an extensive well maintained electrified rail system... (more)

The 16-car Phelophepa health care train with GE Class 34 # 34-406 in charge, runs through Hennenman on its way to Kroonstad. The train has come off the non-electrified branch line from Bothaville,... (more)

As rain clouds build on a spring afternoon, a quartet of 10E1's wearing the TFR red and Spoornet orange liveries, climb the long grade out of the Klein Drinkwater river valley, heading west from E... (more)

The first General Electric diesel-electric locomotives ordered by the South African Railways (SAR) were the class 31 (GE U12B), imported from the USA and placed in service in 1958. All have been w... (more)

On a blue sky winter morning with the temperature below freezing, the occupants of this rural homestead were yet to venture outside, while in the background a quartet of 18E's pass through Ingogo ... (more)

Twenty minutes after sunrise, a pair of new 18E's from the 800 series in the TFR livery, are heading northeast from Leeudoringstad towards Klerksdorp, crossing a small stream as they work a mixed ... (more)

Running about 30 minutes late, the northbound "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg is approaching Kroonstad on a bright and sunny summer morning. The train is crossing the Blomspruit (flowe... (more)

Transnet's 18 coach Phelophepa health care train heads north through Geneva on the Free State main line, behind a pair of class 34 diesels in Spoornet orange livery. The train is on a repositionin... (more)

Luxury safari train operator Rovos Rail has purchased a number of ex- South African Railways (SAR) class 5E1 Bo-Bo electrics for use on their trains out of Pretoria. Still wearing faded Spoornet o... (more)

A Manhattan-bound No.5 Lexington Avenue Express train from Eastchester Dyre Avenue, arriving at West Farms Square - East Tremont Avenue station in the Bronx.

After several weeks of curtailed services, passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl ran a limited number of trains over the Heritage Day long weekend. This special from Johannesburg to East London is se... (more)

A train of jet fuel tankers from Durban to Johannesburg is climbing the grade west of Spruytsrus station towards the Kraal tunnel (1462 meters / 4796 feet), led by 18E 18 639 and two sisters in Sp... (more)

January 1st, 2017 saw the long-awaited opening of the Second Avenue Subway in Manhattan. This was the second or third train of the day to travel Uptown, seen here arriving at the terminus at 96th ... (more)

Impala Platinum is the worlds second largest platinum mine and operates an extensive electrified (3000v DC) rail system serving 14 shafts. After a brief midday summer thunderstorm soaked the area,... (more)

A CSX double-stack container train is making its way through CP43 at Fort Montgomery, along the west bank of the Hudson River, heading towards New Jersey.