Central East African Railways (previously Malawi Railways) No. 526 and No. 525 are staged along Maydon Wharf in Durban awaiting delivery. These two locomotives are the final two of six of their ty... (more)

Central East African Railways (previously Malawi Railways) No. 526 and No. 525 are staged along Maydon Wharf in Durban awaiting delivery. These two locomotives are the final two of six of their t... (more)

The mainstay of the very busy Natal Main Line, or the Natal Corridor as it is also known, in terms of motive power, the Class 18E. 18-079 / 18-054 stand ready at Umbilo Electric Locomotive Depot ... (more)

Local production of the "China Dolls" at Koedoespoort in Pretoria is in full swing! Class 20E, 20 048, heads the ready line at Rosmead Station in the Eastern Cape in the morning sunligh... (more)

Some fresh paint at the dawning of a new day. The first two of this class to be put into the PRASA "blue" livery. E1667 (with E1603 behind) are Class 6E1 Series 5 electric locomotives, that orig... (more)

Train №608 St. Petersburg - Yaroslavl

All smiles and work done for the day! Class 36 (200) shunters, 36-227 and 36-230, are pictured here at Cato Ridge Station. They had spent the day working a track maintenance train (a few DZ Wago... (more)

Class 6E1, E1598 (in her original South African Railway livery and still sporting at least one of her prized and highly collectable brass number plates, outside the workshops of the Umbilo Electri... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl / PRASA Class 7E, E7010, is pictured here at the Transnet Engineering workshops in Durban, having just undergone a repaint into the Shosholoza Meyl purple livery. E7010 is an East... (more)

18-404 and 18-427 (with their paired running mates behind them), are occupying their usual spot when staged in Durban under the Argyle Road Bridge, in between mainline passenger train workings. It... (more)

In service shunting locomotives at rest in three liveries! Just after sunrise on a Sunday morning in one of the yards at Bayhead in Durban and the day has not yet begun for Class 8E (Electric) and... (more)

Shunters at rest! Just after sunrise on a Sunday morning along Maydon Wharf in Durban and the day has not yet begun for Class 36 diesel shunting locomotives 36-237 / 36-213 / 36-220 / 36-227 / 36-... (more)

E8048 / E8051 are two examples of their Class (Class 8E Centre Cab Electric Shunting Locomotives) that remain in service as of November 2014. Originally 100 of these locomotives were placed in se... (more)