An older type 5M2A Metrorail set is crossing the Umkomaas River and is about to make a stop at Umkomaas Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. The train is bound for Kelso from Durban and will... (more)

Metrorail Durban's Emergency Train (MET) aka "ET" is pictured here on the loop line down at Warner Beach / Warner Beach Station on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast.

Empty coal wagans that came from Sappi - SAICCOR Umkomaas are seen here heading back to Bayhed, on a breezy winters afternoon on the coast.

PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl Class 6E1 locomotives (still in their "orange" Spoornet livery), E1314 / E1389, are busy running around a special 2012 Tourism Indaba Premier Classe Special. They... (more)

Unfortunately the weather did not play along for this rare occasion when two of PRASA's brand new Class 18E main line passenger haulers, 18-431 & 18-430, visited Kelso on the KwaZulu Natal South C... (more)

What you see here is the sad remains of part of what was once a busy and vibrant operation of the South African Railways, and in later years Alfred County Railway and the Banana Express - the two ... (more)

E1511 / E1577 / E1569 / E1401 have just come off the Umgababa Bridge and are running light units from Umkomaas to their depot at Wentworth, Durban. E1511 and E1569, have subsequent to this photo ... (more)

These are Class 37 Diesels, 37-042 / 37-075 / 37-019, built by General Motors South Africa as model GM-EMD GT26M2C, in 1981 / 1982 – a total of 100 built. They are heading down the KwaZulu Nata... (more)

An Older type 5M2A passes over the Umgababa bridge on a warm day down the south coast of KZN.

Another angle on Photo ID 438475. 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 ... (more)

A beautiful early morning at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, as this short, all stops, Type 10M5 Metrorail set makes its way back to Durban from Kelso.

Class 37, 37-069, built by General Motors South Africa in 1982 for South African Railways, is pictured here at the crossing at the Saiccor Exchange Yard in Umkomaas, having just arrived (assisted ... (more)

With the Indian Ocean providing the backdrop, the race to Durban from Umkomaas was never one that the Isolde, a Liberian registered container ship (top left of photo), was going to win. The older... (more)

Class 37 Diesels, 37-054 / 37-084 / 37-025, built by General Motors South Africa during 1981/82 as GM-EMD GT26M2C, leave Umkomaas with a load of empty Timber (Type STJ) Wagons across the Umkomaas ... (more)

Class 37 Diesels, 37-054 / 37-084 / 37-025, built by General Motors South Africa during 1981/82 as GM-EMD GT26M2C, leave Umkomaas with a load of empty Timber (Type STJ) Wagons across the Umkomaas ... (more)