Amtrak's Turboliner 155 approaching Peekskill along the Hudson River, with an Empire State service from Albany to New York's Grand Central Terminal.

On a morning when cloud, rain and sun were all evident within the first hour after sunrise, the 06:40 Metrorail train to Cape Town has just left Simon's Town station (background, left) and is runn... (more)

Metrorail's 06:25 service from Johannesburg to Pretoria is seen departing Rhodesfield station at 07:19. Rhodesfield was opened in 2010, to provide an interchange with the new Gautrain service oper... (more)

During the late 1970's the most well known locomotive based at Voorbaai depot (Mossel Bay) was this class GMAM 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 garratt, unofficially named "Amin" after Idi Amin, the infamous preside... (more)

A New Haven RR Historical & Technical Association special from New Haven, CT to Greenport, Long Island is crossing the Pelham Bay drawbridge, with a pair of ConnDOT FL9's shoving on the rear. Of c... (more)

On a sunny winter morning, a Gautrain 4-car EMU set is seen climbing the long grade to Midrand station, en route from Johannesburg to Pretoria. The large complex behind the train is the Nizamiye T... (more)

Two class 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery, E1403 & E1300, are working the 16-car Premier Classe train from Cape Town to Johannesburg, seen here north of Potchefstroom, between Frederikstad and Gat... (more)

On a quiet Sunday afternoon at Pretoria North, four Metrorail 5M2A trainsets await their next turn of duty. The thick black smoke is from a motor vehicle accident on the adjacent highway.

Former SAR/Spoornet/Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) class 33, now operated by RRL Grindrod as their 33-01, at Transnet Freight Rail's Welkom station with empty hoppers for loading at Harmony Gold's Ts... (more)

The class 18E Bo-Bo 3kV electrics are being rebuilt from class 6E1's and the latest batch have been recently outshopped in the new Transnet Freight Rail livery. 18-607, 18-603 and 18-606 are waiti... (more)

The TCO (train control officer) at Rooiwal sets up the signals for the next approaching passenger train. Rooiwal is one of five remaining stations on the Free State main line between Vereeniging a... (more)

At least a dozen special trains operated from various parts of the country to the city of Bloemfontein for the ANC's 100th birthday celebrations on 8th January (ANC = African National Congress - S... (more)

Photographed from the campus of the University of South Africa (UNISA), Metrorail train 9103 leaves Pretoria station on a local service that will take it through the eastern suburbs of Pretoria to... (more)

Sunrise on the Rand Uranium system, and Sheltam C30 # 3012 is crossing the R559 with the last train of the night shift, empties from Doornkop to Cooke 2 Shaft. The empties will be left at Cooke 2 ... (more)

African Rail & Traction Services (AR&TS) specialises in locomotive hire and leasing. AR&TS no. 052 is an ex- CFM (Mozambique) GE (Brazil) U20C on hire to Anglo Platinum and operating on their Rust... (more)