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Photo Album By: SAR Connecta
 
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Photo ID: 526623

A Premier Classe special in the new Prasa blue livery is seen here behind one of the new Afro 4000 locos on the return trip to Johannesburg running through the vineyards at Sandhills.

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Vossloh Afro 4000
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Locomotive #: AFRO4003
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 29, 2015


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By: Joyce van der Vyver

Added: Apr 12, 2015

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Photo ID: 525084

What a big surprise we got this morning when the Premier Classe special that visited Cape Town for the Jazz festival appeared around the corner with one of the new Afro 4000 locos in the lead, all... (more)

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Vossloh Afro 4000
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Locomotive #: AFRO4003
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 29, 2015


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By: Fanie Kleynhans

Added: Mar 29, 2015

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Photo ID: 525083

Finally we get one of the new Afro 4000 locos that Prasa ordered from Spain out on the main line, leading the Premier Classe which is newly painted in the Prasa blue livery.

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Vossloh Afro 4000
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Locomotive #: AFRO4003
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 29, 2015


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By: Joyce van der Vyver

Added: Mar 29, 2015

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Photo ID: 523684

Following a change to the crew at the very well kept Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands (due to the hard work of caretaker Daniel Madlala), E1658 / E1595 / E1318, continue on their ... (more)

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Class 6E1 (Electric)
Location: Lions River - KwaZulu Natal Midlands, South Africa
Locomotive #: E1658
Train ID: Light Units
Photo Date: March 18, 2015


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Mar 19, 2015

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Photo ID: 519586

Over the last few years (for me personally), Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, has been the most elusive of the three Saiccor Class 19D locomotives, in terms of photo opportunities versus ... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: SAR Class 19D
Location: Umkomaas - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: SAR No. 2633
Train ID: Saiccor No. 2
Photo Date: February 18, 2015


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Feb 18, 2015

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Photo ID: 517953

On the morning of the 18th December 2013, amid obvious miserable / less than desirable weather conditions in Durban, South Africa, a rather significant railway event played out at O Shed in Durban... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: Class 20E (Electric)
Location: Durban, South Africa
Locomotive #: 20 001
Train ID: -
Photo Date: December 18, 2013


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Feb 07, 2015

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Photo ID: 517609

Private safari train operator Rovos Rail has purchased a number of former South African Railways class 5E1 3kV DC Bo-Bo electric locomotives, to work its trains in Gauteng province. On a beautiful... (more)

Railroad: Rovos Rail
Locomotive: Class 5E1
Location: Irene, Gauteng province, South Africa
Locomotive #: 1104 & 1105
Train ID: Rovos Rail
Photo Date: December 05, 2014


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By: Eugene Armer

Added: Feb 04, 2015

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Photo ID: 516280

Late afternoon now and having pretty much cleared the exchange yard of all its timber, Saiccor No.3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767 (4-8-2), is on her way back up to the mill. Until ... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: SAR Class 19D
Location: Umkomaas - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: SAR No. 2767
Train ID: Saiccor No. 3
Photo Date: January 26, 2015


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Jan 27, 2015

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Photo ID: 515722

Kirk Falls, a great location, but an extremely tricky place to obtain photographs at! The waterfall forms part of an enclosed (on three of the four sides) "amphitheatre" type geographical rock fo... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: Class 18E (Electric)
Location: Shongweni - KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Locomotive #: 18-250
Train ID: Tanker
Photo Date: May 09, 2012


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Jan 23, 2015

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Photo ID: 512422

18-066 and a cement train pass the wreck of a Cessna, that a bit earlier had overshot the end of a runway on landing at a private airstrip on a farm on top of the hill to the right of the photo an... (more)

Railroad: Transnet Freight Rail
Locomotive: Class 18E (Electric)
Location: Balgowan - KwaZulu Natal Midlands, South Africa
Locomotive #: 18-066
Train ID: Cement
Photo Date: May 11, 2012


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Dec 31, 2014

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Photo ID: 512103

Unfortunately the weather did not play along for this rare occasion when two of PRASA's brand new Class 18E main line passenger haulers, 18-431 & 18-430, visited Kelso on the KwaZulu Natal South C... (more)

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Class 18E (Electric)
Location: Umgababa - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: 18-431
Train ID: Ballast Train
Photo Date: July 02, 2013


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Dec 28, 2014

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Photo ID: 509188

A view over the city of Johannesburg (also known as Jo'burg, Jozi or Egoli) on a springtime afternoon, with the sky darkened by an approaching thunderstorm. In the foreground is the Braamfontein N... (more)

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Class 36 (GE SG10B)
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa
Locomotive #: 36-070
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 16, 2014


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By: Eugene Armer

Added: Dec 04, 2014

Views: 3,737
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Photo ID: 508460

Vintage South African Railway diesel traction. SAR Class 32-000 diesel locomotives, built by General Electric as type U18C1, 32-021 & 32-094, represent 2 examples of a total of 115 of this class, ... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: Class 32 (Diesel)
Location: Ladysmith - Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Locomotive #: 32-021 / 32-094
Train ID: -
Photo Date: December 05, 2010


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Nov 29, 2014

Views: 4,155
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Photo ID: 507921

The first of this class into the PRASA livery! E1603 is a Class 6E1 Series 5 electric locomotive, that originally entered service in 1976, with what was then the South African Railways. Now fall... (more)

Railroad: Shosholoza Meyl
Locomotive: Class 6E1 (Electric)
Location: Durban, South Africa
Locomotive #: E1603
Train ID: -
Photo Date: November 24, 2014


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Nov 24, 2014

Views: 5,759
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Photo ID: 506599

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2) No. 2767, running with her generator car (for airbrake loads) / tender first and empty timber wagons down to the Timber Exchange Yard from... (more)

Railroad: South African Railways
Locomotive: SAR Class 19D
Location: Umkomaas - KwaZulu Natal South Coast, South Africa
Locomotive #: No. 2767
Train ID: Saiccor No. 3
Photo Date: February 26, 2011


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By: SAR Connecta

Added: Nov 14, 2014

Views: 3,789
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