On JR East's Tokkaido Line an E217 series 4 + 11 car EMU is seen heading south through Tsurumi-ku in Yokohama city, south west of Tokyo. The E217 series were built from 1994 to 1999 and were refur... (more)

The class 31 diesel-electric locomotives (GE U12B) were imported from the USA and placed in service on the South African Railways (SAR) in 1958. All have been withdrawn, but a few survive in indus... (more)

Against a backdrop of typical eastern Free State mountain scenery, a pair of class 34 GE's are just about at the top of the climb from Kommandonek to Ionia, working Transnet's Phelophepa health ca... (more)

The link line between Potchefstroom and Houtheuwel is bi-directional double track CTC, but most of the time "Operating" sticks to left hand running. Here is an exception to the rule, wit... (more)

Four of the ageing GE class 34 U26C's allocated to Millsite depot in Krugersdorp are working a container train to Mafikeng, here slowly making their way down the long grade into Magaliesburg. The ... (more)

A Ceres Railway Company day excursion from Cape Town to Ceres and return, is nearing the summit of Michell's Pass between Wolesley and Ceres. The locomotive is named 'Bailey' and is the sole survi... (more)

Rolling across the Free State plains on a summer morning, this pair of Kroonstad based class 34-400's are heading north with a late running mixed freight of grain wagons and butane and propylene t... (more)

On a beautiful autumn morning, a pair of Transnet Freight Rail class 34's bring the Phelophepa 1 health care train into Fouriesburg station. The train is on a repositioning move from Ficksburg to ... (more)

Impala Platinum's class 8E Bo-Bo electric #22, purchased from West Driefontein Gold Mine in 2011, waiting to back its train into the unloading bins.

Sunrise at Capital Park finds driver Steve Smith contemplating the day ahead, while fireman Peter Odell applies some spit and polish to the boiler.

The Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR),... (more)

A train of empty jet fuel tankers on its way from Johannesburg to Durban, is nearing the bottom of Majuba pass between Charlestown and Ingogo, passing through dry winter countryside blackened by a... (more)

On a beautiful autumn afternoon, four class 10E1 3kV DC Co-Co locomotives, led by 10-135 in Spoornet orange livery, climb the long grade out of the valley west of Ermelo, with a 100 wagon train of... (more)

The first of the spring blossoms greet a train of empties returning from Belfast to Lydenburg, running downgrade from Nederhorst towards the siding at Santa.

Each year in March, pink and white Cosmos flowers are in full bloom all over the South African Highveld, signalling the end of a long, hot summer. A very grubby 40-year old Class 6E leads a Class ... (more)