18-405 and the "Trans Natal", an overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, has made a scheduled crew change stop at Lions River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. The train was runni... (more)

It's a dry winter morning in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands and 18-429 has just exited the Lidgetton Tunnels and is dropping down gradient now towards Lidgetton Station with a Daylight Sitter service ... (more)

The Queenstown to Cape Town train running on time here through Romansrivier with fresh snow on the mountain tops in the distance.

Just after sunrise, as 18-414 and an overnight passenger service from Johannesburg to Durban, known as the "Trans Natal", is at the top of the inviting straight for the run down to Campe... (more)

Early on a bright, yet chilly winter morning, at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. E1592, in her original SAR livery, is making a scheduled crew change stop, with the overnight J... (more)

E1592 leads a passenger special returning from the Jazz festival in Cape Town back to Johannesburg into Worcester station.

A matching set of 6E1s in the old SAR colours lead a late running inbound Queenstown train through the Hex River Valley mountains towards Worcester.

PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) / Shosholoza Meyl Class 36 diesel shunter, 36-251, brings a now empty "Trans Natal" (overnight Johannesburg / Durban economy passenger train... (more)

A Special 100th Anniversary train for the African National Congress political party (ANC) in Durban 2012. Seen here approaching Lions River.

18425 and 18423 depart Lions River after a crew change with the Premier Classe behind for the last part of the trip down to Durban.

18-415 / 18-422 are heading out of Durban through Ashburton Station with a Johannesburg bound "Daylight Sitter" service. Lack of passenger support seems to have been the reason for this... (more)

Two 6E1s in faded Spoornet orange lead the Queenstown to Cape Town train here through Tulbaghkloof on a chilly day after some snow falls the previous week.

PRASA 18-427 climbing up towards Tweedie contra flow with the Trans Natal (Shosholoza Meyl), having just undergone a crew change at Lions River Station. As per Photo ID: 495738, both overnight Joh... (more)

PRASA 18-401, very recently repainted (started out in the Shosholoza Meyl "purple" livery) and with a noted variation to the colouring around the borders of the cab windows to the other Class 18E ... (more)

The very neat and well kept Lions River Station, in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, is a scheduled crew change stop for all the PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl passenger trains working both into and out of Du... (more)