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)
Class 36 (200) diesel shunting locomotive (GM-EMD SW1002), 36-206, is pictured here at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal shortly before being hammered by a typica... (more)
PRASA Class 18E locomotives, 18-427 & 18-403, leave the Durban Carriage & Wagon Inspection Yard after cutting off the main line passenger train that they had just arrived from Johannesburg with on... (more)
A Johannesburg bound container train nears the top of the steep gradient on the approach to Cedara Station in the KZN Midlands. The lead locomotive, 18-216, was experiencing difficulties and actu... (more)
Brand new at the time to the Transnet Freight Rail Class 18E fleet as pictured at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal. Numbered as 18-416, she is one of a few loco... (more)
Dirty and well traveled locomotives. The mainstay of the very busy Natal Main Line, or the Natal Corridor as it is also known, in terms of motive power, the Class 18E. 18-079 / 18-054 stand ready... (more)
Early morning at the PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) staging yard just north of Durban Station found Class 6E1 E1593 and Class 18E (Series 2) 18-425 staged under the Argyle Road road... (more)
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)
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A misty and chilly winter morning as ex South African Railways Class 3BR No. 1486 "MAUREEN" (4-8-2) enters Botha's Hill Station on the old Natal Main Line enroute to Inchanga Station. The locom... (more)
Ceres Rail steaming through Artois on the trip from Ceres back to Cape Town.
Last steam in regular service in South Africa
Narrow Gauge (2 Foot) NG15 No. 119 brings a mixed train down Loerie Heights
Nearing the end of a peak hour suburban run to Fish Hoek, an 8-car set slows for a station stop at Kalk Bay on a beautiful summer afternoon.