The inbound Queenstown train runs here through the mountains between Sandhills and De Wet with 2 6E1 locos still in the old SAR colours leading.

A pretty rare sight, with just the single Class 6E1, E1314, working this overnight Durban bound "Trans Natal" through the top loop at Boughton. This section of the Natal Main Line is pa... (more)

18-404 is seen here shortly before crossing over the N3 into Cato Ridge Station with an empty Shosholoza Meyl / Trans Natal. The original units on the train (dead units 3 & 4) had failed on depar... (more)

On board the Transkaroo from Cape Town to Johannesburg as we have stopped here at the entrance to Worcester station. The Transkaroo down from Johannesburg to Cape Town is approaching and once it h... (more)

PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl in Durban's Class 36 shunter, 36-215, about to couple onto the two Class 18E units (18-404 & 18-415), that had just arrived in Durban from Johannesburg with the Trans Natal... (more)

Just after sunrise as PRASA liveried Class 18E locomotives, 18-425 and 18-423, pass through Balgowan Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a Durban bound Premier Classe set. Luckily the trai... (more)

Running about six hours late, Shosholoza Meyl's "Algoa" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg is crossing the Sand River between Virginia and Hennenman, on the Free State main line. This w... (more)

A very rare and unusual train on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast! E1314 / E1389 (in the old Spoornet "Orange" livery) with a Tourism Indaba Premier Classe Special returning to Durban through Warner... (more)

We traveled on the Transkaroo from Cape Town to Johannesburg and early morning on the second day we came to a stop between Bloemhof and Makwassie due to a freight running in front of us picking up... (more)

A freshly-painted class 34 is framed by the latticework of the overbridge at Rosmead junction in the Eastern Cape on a quiet Saturday afternoon. Although the section is electrified at 25kV ac, the... (more)

E1555 tows a dead class 36 and some Metro coaches that they went to fetch at the workshop at Touwsrivier, returning back to Cape Town through Hermon here.

E1592 leads a passenger special from Cape Town to Johannesburg here through Salbar between the 3rd and 4th tunnels in the Hex River Valley.

Shosholoza Meyl's Class 36 Diesel Shunter in Durban, 36-251, is hard at work moving two Class 18E units (PRASA "blue" livery) and Class 6E1 (Spoornet "orange" livery), E1394, into the shed for the... (more)

Built by General Motors South Africa as GM-EMD SW1002, Class 36 (200) Diesel Shunter (who entered service in 1981), 36-231, has just carefully placed the Car Carrier off the overnight Johannesburg... (more)

Class 18Es 434 and 435 have just arrived in Durban with the Trans Natal from Johannesburg and are being pushed into the shed here for an inspection.