On a cold dry winter afternoon 18-265 crosses the viaduct bridge into Beacon Hill Station, about 12km outside Estcourt, with a load of sugar & diesel tanker wagons.

18-124 with a short mixed load bound for Durban is seen crossing 18-614 with a load of empty CAR Wagons just outside Chieveley Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal.

18330 leads a load of steel slabs into Glencoe station as 18047 looks on.

18298 and 2 blue mates head up through Beacon Hill with a load of steel slabs behind.

18-349 in the old Blue Spoornet livery, working together with four additional Class 18Es in red Transnet Freight Rail livery and en-route to Durban, pass by the graves of some British soldiers who... (more)

Three class 18E's with a 50-wagon container train in tow, negotiate one of the endless curves between Volksrust and Newcastle, on the Johannesburg - Durban mainline.

Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. Three class 18... (more)

Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. A southbound c... (more)

At rest in Estcourt station at the head of a grain train and with wooden wheel chocks in place, waiting for a new crew.

Recently rebuilt from Class 6E1 E2070 to Class 18E at the Transwerk shops at Koedoespoort in Pretoria, 18-224 waits for a fresh crew at the head of a goods train en route from Durban to Johannesbu... (more)

Two trains await their marching orders, one behind SAR liveried Class 6E1 E1532, and the other behind Class 18E 18-224, recently rebuilt from a Class 6E1.

End of an era..... Bar at least one modified unit that I've seen repainted in Spoornet blue, the Class 5E1's have now all been withdrawn from service and most will probably soon end up getting cu... (more)

One of the last remaining Class 5E1's awaits the scrapper's torches. One of the main distinguishing features between the 5E1's and 6E1's is the stacked set of three grilles on the sides, replaced ... (more)