The Witteberge (White Mountains) loom in the background, watching over Transnet’s Phelophepa health care train as it heads towards Fouriesburg. The 18-car train is on a repositioning move from F... (more)

There was just enough light left on this day to catch Friends of the Rail's class 19D approaching the Montrose road crossing on the Rayton - Cullinan branch line. The fireman thought it was a good... (more)

After collecting loaded grain wagons from the silos at Rooiwal, this pair of Kroonstad based class 34's in Spoornet blue livery are waiting in the freight siding for the signal to proceed north to... (more)

NYC Transit's East 180th Street Maintenance Shop in the Bronx is the home of the No.5 train, a service operated by 340 type R142 subway cars, such as car 6960 in for routine maintenance. Taken wit... (more)

The privately owned Keikyu Corporation (previously Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. Ltd.) operates a variety of EMU's on their standard gauge system with 1 500 volt DC overhead power supply. Th... (more)

Anglo Platinum's C30-EMP no. 3008 climbs the grade through Paardekraal cutting with its train of 20 loaded hoppers from the Thembalani mine, headed for the reduction plant at Waterval.

Impala Platinum is the worlds second largest platinum mine and operates an extensive electrified (3kV DC) rail system serving 14 shafts. Class 8E Bo-Bo electric #3 basks in the early morning light... (more)

NJ Transit dual-mode ALP45DP 4502 sits under the old DL&W train shed in Hoboken, its twin beam headlight catching the falling sleet on a cold and wet winters day.

A 5-car set of R142's in for routine maintenance at New York City Transit's East 180th Street Maintenance Shop in the Bronx. Taken with permission during an Electric Railroaders Association tour.

"Neither snow nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"... these words that apply to the US Postal Service mail carr... (more)

Late on a blustery fall afternoon, Amtrak Empire Service train #242 approaches the causeway that separates Annsville Creek from Peekskill Bay, as it heads south along the Hudson River to Penn Stat... (more)

Look up! This tourist guide has wisely brought his group into Grand Central Terminal fairly early on a Saturday morning and has them admiring the many features that make this such a special place ... (more)

A quartet of Millsite-based class 34 GE's running through Vlakdrif siding on a summer afternoon, hauling containers from Krugersdorp to Mafikeng. This siding has just one loop which is frequently ... (more)

Transnet Freight Rail's "Phelophepa" health care train, a mobile clinic on rails, is on its way to Mafikeng in North West province, seen here sweeping around the curve at Battery and passing the M... (more)

A Ceres Railway Company day excursion from Cape Town to Ceres and return, makes its way through the Nuwekloof pass between Gouda and Tulbagh. This location is on the electrified main line bewteen ... (more)