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Photo Album By: SAR Connecta
 
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Photo ID: 656914

The Trans Natal early on a winter morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban), headed by Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into th... (more)

Railroad: PRASA
Locomotive: Class 6E1 (Electric)
Location: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Locomotive #: E1659
Train ID: Trans Natal
Photo Date: June 11, 2011


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: May 04, 2018

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Photo ID: 654601

Modified Class 5E1 Series 5 locomotive, E1101, originally built in 1968 pictured here on a very rare occasion down the KwaZulu Natal South Coast at Pennington. The Late Colonel André Kritzinger ... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: Class 5E1 (Electric)
Location: Pennington - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: E1101
Train ID: Road Knowledge
Photo Date: November 02, 2012


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Apr 12, 2018

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Photo ID: 653272

15AR 2022 departs from Teebus with a Burgersdorp - Rosmead freight.

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-2
Location: Teebus, South Africa
Locomotive #: SAR 2022
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 21, 1979


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By: Graham Atkin

Added: Mar 29, 2018

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Photo ID: 653048

Just remembering. Almost three years now already since the demise of the last of working industrial steam operations in South Africa. Saiccor No. 1, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: SAR Class 19D
Location: Umkomaas - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: SAR No. 2697
Train ID: Saiccor No. 1
Photo Date: July 02, 2012


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Mar 27, 2018

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Photo ID: 652833

The Red Devil on the move! After been stored for many years in Cape Town, the Red Devil is being transferred to Worcester for restoration. Ceres Rail will be using her on trips between Cape Town a... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: 18E Electric
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Locomotive #: 18706
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 20, 2018


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By: Joyce van der Vyver

Added: Mar 25, 2018

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Photo ID: 652422

Class 6E1 locomotives, E1625 & E1490 (still in their original South African Railways "red & whisker" livery) leaving Bayhead with a load of empties. Bayhead is the largest goods receiving and dis... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: Class 6E1 (Electric)
Location: Durban, South Africa
Locomotive #: E1625 / E1490
Train ID: -
Photo Date: February 18, 2011


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Mar 22, 2018

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Photo ID: 651730

25NC Glory Days!!! As engineers peer out their cab windows, doubleheaded 25 NC’s led by the “Queen of Sheba” depart the small town of Fouriesburg in the Free State of South Africa on the... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Fouriesburg , South Africa
Locomotive #: SAR 3416
Train ID: Passenger
Photo Date: September, 1975


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By: Robert Jordan

Added: Mar 16, 2018

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Photo ID: 629060

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)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa
Locomotive #: 3450
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 11, 1983


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By: Eugene Armer

Added: Sep 01, 2017

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Photo ID: 586225

Another view of the lever frame with its layout diagram (see also Photo ID 585857). The signal cabin at Dundee Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal still contains its original lever frame (and its a ... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: -
Location: Dundee - Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Locomotive #: -
Train ID: -
Photo Date: August 14, 2016


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Aug 18, 2016

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Photo ID: 585857

The signal cabin at Dundee Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal still contains its original lever frame (and its a beautiful example of its type), which is used to control the colour light signals an... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: -
Location: Dundee - Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Locomotive #: -
Train ID: -
Photo Date: August 14, 2016


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Aug 14, 2016

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Photo ID: 562242

Snow in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, is rare in terms of it falling in areas that affect the Natal Main Line. Pretty heavy snow falls in July 2011 through Hidcote, Mooi River, Rosetta, Nottingham... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: Class 18E (Electric)
Location: Glencoe - Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Locomotive #: 18-241 / 18-082
Train ID: Container
Photo Date: July 26, 2011


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Jan 16, 2016

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Photo ID: 542351

In my first trip across the USA, i saw in the Horseshoe Curve the especial train of Norfolk Southern. Export GE locomotives for Transnet (South Africa) passing throught the Horseshoe Curve. More i... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: GE ES40ACi
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: 44-001
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 06, 2015


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By: Gabriel O. Castelo

Added: Aug 13, 2015

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Photo ID: 535084

One of the very elusive KZN Business Express sets (there are two) is pictured here staged at Scottburgh Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, while the load of passengers it brought down enjoy... (more)

Railroad: PRASA
Locomotive: Type 10M5
Location: Scottburgh - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: EMU
Train ID: KZN Business Express
Photo Date: June 16, 2015


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Jun 16, 2015

Views: 3,855
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Photo ID: 534496

ESCOM (0-6-0) is a fireless type steam locomotive, built by W. G. Bagnall & Company Limited, that operated together with another fireless locomotive called TUGELA (0-4-0) shunting coal wagons at t... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: Fireless 0-6-0
Location: Colenso - KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Locomotive #: ESCOM
Train ID: -
Photo Date: June 29, 2012


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Jun 12, 2015

Views: 3,617
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Photo ID: 529278

Another export this one for South Africa Model: ES40ACi Horsepower: 4,200 Build Date: April 2015 Weight: 291,010 LB

Railroad: Untitled
Locomotive: ES40ACi
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: 44003
Train ID:
Photo Date: April 29, 2015


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By: Joe Goodrich

Added: Apr 30, 2015

Views: 10,604
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