Day 3 of off loading. Class 37 Diesels (blue Spoornet livery), 37-066 & 37-069, have just coupled up to ex Queensland Railway 2250 Class, No. 2273, to move her down to a holding yard at the end o... (more)

Class 18Es 691 and 693 with a Rovos passenger train behind approach Klapmuts with not much of the journey to Cape Town left.

Transnet Freight Rail have imported 34 ex Queensland Railway locomotives. This is No. 2270 being craned off the BBC Ohio in Durban this morning. It is believed that the locomotives will be refur... (more)

Pushing is what she does now! E1101 is a significantly refurbished (2007) Class 5E1 Series 5 electric unit, originally built in 1966. She and her sister, E1102, are now used by Transnet Freight ... (more)

Brand spanking new and on their way to Pretoria, running contra flow while passing through the cutting out of Ashburton Station here is Transnet Freight Rail's (the first two of six ordered) impor... (more)

E9006 assists at the back of an empty ore train as it swings around Elands Bay heading back north to the mines.

On the left, Class 6E1 units with E1598 in charge are just about ready to leave the large Bayhead Yard in Durban to return to their depot. On the right are Class 8E electric shunting units workin... (more)

The Blue Train, with 18-802 / 18-807 in charge, has just crossed the Mkondeni Viaduct and is making her way into Pietermaritzburg. After a weekend in Durban, the train departed Durban at 14:30 on... (more)

After a quick weekend visit to the east coast city of Durban, 18-802 / 18-807 are seen winding their way through the rural hills of the Shongweni / Cliffdale area on their return journey to Pretor... (more)

The Blue Train comes to Durban for the weekend! 18-802 & 18-807 (very recent additions to the TFR Class 18E fleet) are seen here with one of Transnet Freight Rail's prestigious and world renowned... (more)

Class 7 locomotive of the type used on the first construction train to visit Riversdal on 3 December 1903 when the railway line between Ashton and Mossel Bay was built for the old NCCR company.

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)

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2767, leaving the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast yard with a load of 11 STJ (Timber) Wagons for the short... (more)

East bound Class 18E's X 7 light units Headed to Durban at The Ugly Duckling, Natal Midlands - 18-199 / 18-416 / 18-127 / 18-243 / 18-602 / 18-652 / 18-177. This is a very rare opportunity to catc... (more)

PRASA 18-401, very recently repainted (started out in the Shosholoza Meyl "purple" livery) and with a noted variation to the colouring around the borders of the cab windows to the other Class 18E ... (more)