The two retired scarecrows sitting comfortably on their bench never blinked an eye as Rovos Rail's George - Cape Town train rolled by. In another life, the last vehicle in the train was a South Af... (more)

Privately owned Rovos Rail operate their "Pride of Africa" luxury train safaris to several destinations in Southern Africa, using regular motive power supplied by the respective railways. Two of T... (more)

The Connecticut Valley Railroad Museum (CVRM) Railfan Day on Saturday, 1st November 1986 included a night photo session, featuring New York Central E-9A # 4096, heading up a night train to nowhere... (more)

A pair of ConnDOT FL9a's approaching Peekskill along the Hudson River, hauling a Husking Bee Fall Foliage Special from New Haven, CT to the MNCRR Open Day at Croton Harmon shops.

A pair of 3kV DC 6E1's in Shosholoza Meyl livery backing on to the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe" passenger train at Beaufort West. The 6E1's are taking over from a 25kV AC class 7E, wh... (more)

Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. A southbound c... (more)

Metrorail train 0414 (New Canada - Oberholzer) enters the platform loop at Suurbekom station, while the Cape Town - Johannesburg "Premier Classe", behind a pair of class 6E1's, waits on the main l... (more)

A late afternoon line-up of RRL Grindrod locomotives at Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR) Welkom station, from left to right. 91-04, 91-01, 91-03 and 36-01. The class 91’s were built by GE and imp... (more)

Anglo Platinum has purchased a number of Sheltam's GE C30-EMP's for use on their extensive Rustenburg system. No. 3002 is the first to be repainted into the Anglo Platinum colour scheme and is see... (more)

Metrorail's "Boland Blits" service from Cape Town to Worcester runs through some great scenery on its 175km (110 mile) journey, the longest of any Metrorail service. On a beautiful Friday evening,... (more)

The UCW Partnership has been contracted by Metrorail to perform general overhauls on their ageing fleet of EMU's, many of which are more than 30 years old. This Metro Plus (1st Class) motor coach ... (more)

A little ice on the river and a little snow in the woods......the remains of winter are evident, as a Conrail freight crosses the Popolopen Creek trestle, heading north up the Hudson River with th... (more)

In 1965/66, the South African Railways (SAR) imported sixty five type U20C diesels from General Electric in the USA. These veteran locomotives have now all been withdrawn from service, but some ha... (more)

A Metro North train from New York's Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie is slowing for its station stop at Marble Hill in The Bronx, on the north bank of the Harlem River. The train is ducking ... (more)

Big steam on 3'6" gauge! After a sunrise photographic session at Reefsteamers' Germiston depot, three ex- South African Railways "big boys" pose for the photographers. From left to right, Sandston... (more)