The final fully assembled Class 20E direct from China, 20 010, has just been craned off the “Oriental Explorer” while docked at O Shed in Durban Harbour via the floating crane "Indlovu&qu... (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)

18-678 is at the front of these six Class 18E locomotives, which had been shutdown on the main line at Cliffdale Crossing, due to an earlier signalling problem. A new crew had just arrived to get... (more)

Another angle on Photo ID 411192. A SPAD (Signal Passed At Danger) infringement resulted in these two Type 10M5 Metrorail sets colliding at the entrance to the large Metrorail Yard just north of ... (more)

The sun just manages to get a look through to offer up some sort of a reflection shot of EXX-3003 while staged in a yard in Maydon Wharf, Durban, awaiting the arrival of a ship to take it (and two... (more)

A lovely late winter afternoon as Class 18E Series 1, 18-253, climbs contra flow with a container train up through the steep gradients and many twists and turnbacks of Boughton. At this point the ... (more)

This trio of Class 18E locomotives, headed by 18-349, still look pretty good in their "refreshed", old Spoornet blue livery. They are seen here passing through Camperdown, as they leave... (more)

18-167 / 18-627 / 18-513 are passing through Umlaas Road as they leave Durban with a short(ish) tanker train. Chicken / poultry farms abound in this area, which has a large farm on both sides of ... (more)

The yard foreman has one more tumbler to throw and then E1504 & E1422 will be clear to leave Bayhead Yard to return to their depot at Wentworth, having just dropped off empty timber wagons from Um... (more)

From left to right - Class 8E (E8054) / Class 36 (36-257) / Class 8E (E8032) / Class 6E1 (E1511 & E1408). E1511 & E1408 have just arrived at Bayhead Yard to collect a load of timber wagon empties... (more)

Class 8E centre cab electric shunting locomotives, E8090 & E8054, which entered service in 1983 (100 of them for SAR), are busy doing shunt work at Bayhead Yard, the largest freight yard in Durban... (more)

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)

E7075 / E7006 / E7035 / E7042 / E7061 (dead) are Class 7E 25 kV AC locomotives built by Union Carriage and Wagon, which entered service in 1978. They are pictured here at De Aar (a town and impor... (more)

It's just after sunrise in Lions River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands as 18-105 heads this 35 wagon coal train past the Nelson Mandela Capture Site. The train is bound for Cato Ridge.

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)