Late afternoon and 18-256 / 18-408 / 18-242 have just climbed away from Cliffdale up to Hammarsdale with a Mixed / Tanker load. The train is outward bound from Durban. An interesting number allo... (more)

No. 2203 “DARWIN” is one of four of these 422 Class Clyde/EMD J26C (Standard Gauge) locomotives, that are part of a total of 23 locomotives of various Class / Types (all diesel), that arrived ... (more)

DAZ 1905 (DA Class Clyde/EMD G26C) and AB 1501 (AB Class Clyde/EMD G22C) are part of a total of 23 locomotives of various Class / Types (all diesel), that arrived in Durban, South Africa, from Fre... (more)

DD2359 (rebuilt from 2100 Class Clyde/EMD GL26C), DAZ 1905 (DA Class Clyde/EMD G26C) and AB 1501 (AB Class Clyde/EMD G22C), are part of a total of 23 locomotives of various Class / Types (all dies... (more)

42211 (422 Class Clyde/EMD J26C - Standard Gauge), DD2359 (rebuilt from 2100 Class Clyde/EMD GL26C), DAZ 1905 (DA Class Clyde/EMD G26C) and AB 1501 (AB Class Clyde/EMD G22C), are part of a total o... (more)

The afternoon jet fuel train, headed by 18-232 is crossing the Mooi River and will shortly pass through Mooi River Station in the Kwazulu Natal Midlands. The train is Johannesburg bound and the en... (more)

Over the last five years or so I have made fairly regular trips down to Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast to watch and photograph the ex South African Railway Class 19D steam locomotives o... (more)

Another one from Kirk Falls (see Photo ID 515722), this time with a 10M5 Metrorail set, Train No. 1056, bound for Cato Ridge. The waterfall forms part of an enclosed (on three of the four sides) ... (more)

Late afternoon now and having pretty much cleared the exchange yard of all its timber, Saiccor No.3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767 (4-8-2), is on her way back up to the mill. Until ... (more)

On a swelteringly hot summer afternoon, Saiccor No.3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767 (4-8-2), is on her way up to the mill from the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Na... (more)

An early summer evening (18:00hrs) at Bayhead, the largest goods receiving and dispatching yard in Durban, and E8091, in her wonderful old South African Railway livery, with her working mate in �... (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 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)

Kirk Falls, a great location, but an extremely tricky place to obtain photographs at! The waterfall forms part of an enclosed (on three of the four sides) "amphitheatre" type geographical rock fo... (more)

The view from the old footbridge, as 18-291, outward bound from Durban with a tanker / mixed train, passes through Rosetta Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. Three to four decades ago stations... (more)