Four locomotives of the SAR class 6E1 are hauling a long freight train out of Kroonstad.

12A 1547 heads the "Sunset Limited" railtour.

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Scanned image (original on Kodachrome - camera used was a Voitlander Vitomatic) © Lindsay Bridge from The Lindsay Bridge Vintage South African Railways Collection and submitted here with permissi... (more)

Late on a stormy afternoon now and with reference to my previous photo, Photo ID: 657219. E1524 is now trailing as the units head back to their depot at Umbilo in Durban. They had dropped off th... (more)

Heading into an afternoon thunderstorm. A casual wave from the driver of Class 6E1, E1524, in her original South African Railways livery (even if somewhat refreshed) and still sporting a full set... (more)

The Trans Natal on a hot and very humid summer morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban - and return), headed by Class 6E1, E1510. The train, pictured here clim... (more)

Class 6E1 locomotives E1513 / E1540 / E1783 are pictured here at Ilfracombe on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast as they make their way back to their depot at Wentworth, in Durban. They had just dropp... (more)

Shortly before being finally withdrawn from service altogether in KwaZulu Natal, Class 6E1 locomotives, headed by E1598, leaving Bayhead Yard in Durban with a load of empties (used in this case fo... (more)

Class 6E1 locomotives, E1625 & E1490 (still in their original South African Railways "red & whisker" livery) leaving Bayhead with a load of empties. Bayhead is the largest goods receiving and dis... (more)

Early morning at the PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) staging yard just north of Durban Station found Class 6E1 E1593 and Class 18E (Series 2) 18-425 staged under the Argyle Road road... (more)

The driver of Class 6E1, E1513 (with E1531 & E1488), is about to receive authority to leave one of the Bayhead Yards in Durban with a mixed load of coal and timber wagon empties for Empangeni / Ri... (more)

33515 is ready to depart Albertinia station towards Worcester after making a pickup.

Class 6E1 electric locomotives, E1531 & E1702, with E1531 still in her original South African Railway livery, are leaving Bayhead to return to Wentworth Depot after cutting off their load of empty... (more)

E1468 and E1474 lead a special Premier Classe into the Hex River valley at Sandhills back north to Johannesburg.