Fresh out of Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops, these class 18E rebuilds in the new Transnet Freight Rail livery, bask in the morning sun in Springs yard while waiting for their next a... (more)

The bright morning sun highlights this colourful lash-up of four clean class 10E1's, working a 100 wagon coal train from the Witbank coalfields to Ermelo, on the 3kV DC section of the CoalLink lin... (more)

Not often we get to see five Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) red liveried 18Es working a train together in KZN - the Umbilo Locomotive Depot, where the units originate from are not big on colour codin... (more)

A brand new Class 15E locomotive for the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line is backed out of the assembly shop after the final step in the construction process, mounting the new locomotive on her own b... (more)

Three of Transnet Freight Rail's newest diesel locomotives, the Class 43 (GE C30-ACi), heading south towards Vereeniging with a block load of empty type CR ore wagons. The first 10 units of this c... (more)

Three of Transnet Freight Rail's newest diesel locomotives, the Class 43 (GE C30-ACi), team up to move a block load of empty type CR ore wagons, seen here at Skansdam junction, joining the Germist... (more)

Three beautiful brand new diesels manufactured by RRL Grindrod in Pretoria awaiting the arrival of a ship to take them to Sierra Leone, having just made their way down to the coast (Durban) under ... (more)

The Red Devil had just been restored when this picture of a northbound departure from Orange River Station was taken. Today the line is electrified and the semaphore signals replaced by CTC signa... (more)

The luxury Blue Train, northbound from Cape Town to Pretoria, is framed by the rusting footbridge at Fochville station as it speeds through behind a pair of class 14E Bo-Bo electrics. These locomo... (more)

A batch of 30 diesel and three electric ex-Queensland Railways locomotives was recently imported into South Africa from Australia by three South African companies - AR&TS, RRL Grindrod and SAFLog.... (more)

A batch of 30 diesel and three electric ex-Queensland Railways locomotives was recently imported into South Africa from Australia by three South African companies - AR&TS, RRL Grindrod and SAFLog.... (more)

South African rail and logistics solutions company RRL Grindrod, is building its second batch of locomotives for African Minerals Limited in Sierra Leone, West Africa. No.1201, first off the produ... (more)

Luxury safari train operator Rovos Rail has purchased a number of ex- South African Railways (SAR) class 5E1 Bo-Bo electrics for use on their trains out of Pretoria. Repainted in Rovos Rail green ... (more)

The first 10 units of Transnet Freight Rail's newest diesel locomotives, the Class 43 GE C30-Aci, were built in the USA (see photo ID 349791). The remaining 90 units are being built by Transnet Ra... (more)

Fifty three years after being delivered to the South African Railways from the USA, this class 31 Bo-Bo (GE U12B) survives in service with Sheltam, but rebuilt with a low short hood. Previously Sh... (more)