The railway line between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal was first opened in 1891 and today crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. A trio of clas... (more)

New York City's first decent snowfall of the season wraps itself around this inbound Harlem line train as it leaves 125th Street station, heading towards the Park Avenue tunnel and Grand Central T... (more)

At 5:59am, the soft early morning light catches the Johannesburg to East London "Amatola" as it passes through Trompsburg station, heading towards Springfontein. The remains of the old station bui... (more)

Reefsteamers operated a special train from Johannesburg to Magaliesburg for the Youth Day national holiday on 16th June. With a feather of steam escaping from the safety valves, class 15F 4-8-2 &q... (more)

Friends of the Rail's 19D 4-8-2 sits on the ash pit at Capital Park depot.

Photo props are few and far between in the Sandveld region of the Free State, where the branch line to Wesselsbron and Bultfontein crosses miles and miles of mealie (corn) fields. But the ruins of... (more)

A massive grass fire near Carletonville has caused clouds of smoke to darken the sky on this sunny winter morning, as the Premier Classe speeds through New Machavie, northbound to Johannesburg. Th... (more)

At sunrise on a late winter morning, a South African Railways class 15CA 4-8-2, on hire to the Rustenburg Platinum Mine, waits for its day shift crew to arrive so that it can begin earning its liv... (more)

The golden hour.....sunset at Welkom station sees RRL Grindrod's 91-02 bringing in a train of loaded hoppers from Harmony Gold's Tshepong Mine at Odendaalsrus. Although de-electrified years ago, t... (more)

Working out of Kroonstad depot, this train is hauling empty grain wagons for the silos at stations along the Free State main line to Sasolburg. The train is seen entering the loop at the south end... (more)

The "Red Mamba" is the nickname given to the train of Butanol tankers that runs from the Sasol Solvents plant in Sasolburg and the name is even stencilled on the tanker wagons. After com... (more)

A Metro North Hudson Line train has just left Marble Hill station and is passing under the Broadway Bridge, on its way to Grand Central Terminal. A passing pedestrian figured something was worth a... (more)

Returning to Cape Town with a Ceres Railway Company roundtrip day excursion to Ceres, class 19B 4-8-2 no.1412 'Bailey' glints in the late afternoon sun as it crosses the Berg River in the town of ... (more)

This trio of Class 38 electro-diesels is hauling 35 loads of coal up the grade towards Argent station, headed up by class leader 38-001 sporting the new TFR livery. Visible in the left background ... (more)

This grand old lady (Susan by name) will celebrate her 100th birthday later this year! Former South African Railways class 12AR 4-8-2 no.1535 was built in 1919 by the North British Locomotive Comp... (more)