Short mixed loads are very seldom seen on the Natal Main Line. This is 18-055, crossing the Pentrich Viaduct and bound for Durban, with a short mixed load - including a steel coil, a timber wagon... (more)

18-116 heads a short jet fuel train up and out of Boughton, Pietermaritzburg - KwaZulu Natal.

SAR Class 8E, E8056, in her original South African Railway livery (Red & Whiskers) is hard at work shunting a Metrorail 5M Motor Coach at New Durban Yard. E8056 is one of a hundred (excluding an ... (more)

The last working steam operations (non preservation) in South Africa. Saiccor No. 3 (Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767) - Leaving the Saiccor Exchange Yard at Umkomaas with a load of timber for the short... (more)

Three Class 37 Diesels, in the old blue Spoornet livery, headed by 37-090, cross the Umgababa Bridge as they run CAR Wagon empties back to Durban from Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.

The last of actual (non preservation) working steam operations in South Africa is carried out at the Saiccor Paper Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. This is Saiccor No. 1 working... (more)

Heavy overnight December summer rain resulted in the Amanzimtoti River coming down in flood and eroding into the supporting bank of the line down to the KwaZulu Natal South Coast at the mouth of t... (more)

18-124 with a short mixed load bound for Durban is seen crossing 18-614 with a load of empty CAR Wagons just outside Chieveley Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal.

This is EXX-3001 at sunrise, the first of three built by RRL Grindrod South Africa in Pretoria, for the Exxaro Mining Group, based in South Africa. They are to be used in the group's iron ore oper... (more)

A new lease of life for this vintage (1965/66) diesel locomotive, originally designed & built by General Electric as model GE U20C. Ex SAR (South African Railway) / Transnet Freight Rail Class 33... (more)

18-047 emerges from the cutting out of Nshongweni Station into the bright autumn afternoon sunlight with a load of C Type Wagons (Ore) empties.

On a nice bright winter afternoon, 18-126, together with the help of an additional four 18E units in red Transnet Freight Rail livery, cautiously bring a fully loaded "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons (C... (more)

Midweek track maintenance has resulted in 18-036 having to run contra flow as she passes over the Willows Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road with her load of containers. There are cross over points abo... (more)

18-311 is seen here unravelling from the top loop of Boughton, with a special refrigerated container test train. Exactly what was being tested is still unknown. This section of the line (Cedara ... (more)

As the dryness of the vegetation suggests, it's a late winter afternoon as 18-253 heads this 35 wagon Container Train towards Pietermaritzburg, having just crossed the Mkondeni Viaduct.