Three Class 37 Diesels, in the old blue Spoornet livery, headed by 37-090, cross the Umgababa Bridge as they run CAR Wagon empties back to Durban from Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.

18-404 and 18-427 (with their paired running mates behind them), are occupying their usual spot when staged in Durban under the Argyle Road Bridge, in between mainline passenger train workings. It... (more)

18-091 with her very bright and newly refreshed cowcatcher climbs up the hill out of Dargle Station (contra flow due to a failed train in the section between Lions River and Dargle) in the KwaZulu... (more)

A very faded 18-048 (since been repainted) is outward bound from Durban with a load of CAR Type Wagon empties passing through Balgowan. The empties were probably bound for one of the coal mining t... (more)

Late on a lovely spring afternoon and Class 18E locomotives, 18-236 / 18-506 / 18-416, begin to straighten out from the top balloon at Boughton in Pietermaritzburg and prepare for the next stage o... (more)

18-126 in her partly refreshed "blue" Spoornet livery and four Transnet Freight Rail "reds" climb up the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a heavy load of ... (more)

Some nice sun just in time as Class 36 Diesel Shunter, 36-235, takes a trip around the balloon at Bayhead to turn a Plasserail Works Train around. In 1980, 101 of these Class 36-200 series entere... (more)

A chilly autumn sunrise in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands as Class 18Es, 18-250 / 18-277 / 18-615, pass through Nottingham Road with a load of containers. The train is outward bound from Durban / KZN... (more)

These four Class 18E electric units (18-505 with the end of train marker) have just arrived at Estcourt Station. They had just made the trip through to Escourt from Danskraal / Ladysmith with tra... (more)

18-619 is climbing out of Lions River up towards Tweedie with CAR Wagons (loaded with coal) and bound for Cato Ridge.

Another sunrise one from the Pentrich Viaduct in Pietermaritzburg. 18-036 is Durban bound with a car train. The consist had two types of car carrier wagons in it. Type CML were at the front (th... (more)

Heading down to the "sleepy hollow" in the centre of the photo. Late on a lovely spring afternoon and Class 18E locomotives, 18-236 / 18-506 / 18-416, begin to straighten out from the to... (more)

Class 18E Series 1, 18-342, climbs out of the dip from Cato Ridge directly into the winter afternoon sun towards Camperdown with a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg.

Crossing the steel girder bridge across the Lions River into Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. Class 18E series 1 Locomotive, 18-224 is Durban bound with a load of coal, probably... (more)

Container traffic on the line between Durban and Johannesburg is very brisk, with Durban's busy harbour handling a seemingly never ending stream of container ships at it's container terminal. Thi... (more)