An empty Shongololo Express train leaves town after dropping off all the passengers who went on a site seeing trip and will join the train again further down the line.

Its late on a Saturday afternoon as Rovos Rail is just outside the town of Riversdal on the way back to Cape Town with low clouds rolling in from the sea.

Shongololo Express waiting in the siding as the daily freight train from Voorbaai to Worcester passes by on the main.