Winding down towards Durban on a Spring afternoon.

Late on a lovely spring afternoon and Class 18E locomotives, 18-236 / 18-506 / 18-416, begin to straighten out from the top balloon at Boughton in Pietermaritzburg and prepare for the next stage o... (more)

Early on a winter morning as 18-067 bites down hard into the cambered left hand curve out of Ashburton Station with a shortish mixed train. The train was en-route to Joannesburg, with a scheduled... (more)

18-317, with her refreshed face, has made the climb up out of Pietermaritzburg to the top of Boughton with her bulk load of cement. The line levels out briefly now, before the climb up to Cedara ... (more)

Early on a beautiful winter morning and 18-270 is seen here at the head of this tanker train as it exits Ashburton Station. The train would have departed Durban approximately 2 hours earlier and ... (more)

A nice hello from Section Manager / Driver Ettiene Smith behind the controls of veteran Class 6E1 electric locomotive, E1658, while passing through Ashburton Station. The Transnet Engineering Wo... (more)

Late on a winter afternoon and the world renowned luxury Blue Train, headed by 18-770 / 18-771, passes through the remains of Pentrich Station in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal. The train was ru... (more)

18-260 heads out of Ashburton Station with a special working, to dead haul two of the eighteen Chinese built diesels, that arrived in Durban by ship on the 18th May 2015 for SNCC (Société Nation... (more)

Brand New refurbished (ex. Transnet Engineering, Bayhead) 6E1 locomotives make their way Braamfontein. These loco's now haul long distance passenger trains in the Western Cape.

Sunrise and a first for us Natalians to see the two specially designated Blue Train Class 20E locomotives, who look stunning in this livery! Section Manager and senior Umbilo Depot driver, Mr. Chr... (more)

Veteran Class 6E1 electric locomotives, E1658 / E1595 / E1318, are pictured here passing through Ashburton Station on their way to Johannesburg, having just left the Transnet Engineering Workshops... (more)

Having departed Durban Station at 07:25am, 18-430 / 18-402 are pictured passing through Ashburton Station at 09:10am with a Johannesburg bound "Daylight Sitter" service, which had been reintroduce... (more)

The "Trans Natal", an overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, headed by two Class 6E1 electric locomotives (in Spoornet "orange" livery), E1417 and E1321, crosses a mixed freight on the s... (more)

After following the train for quite a way on this day, the assistant was very amused and keen to wave by this stage. This is 18-502 negotiating the top loop at Boughton in Pietermaritzburg with a... (more)

Track maintenance ahead, so please proceed with caution! 18-121 is Durban bound with a Car Train and has just been crossed over to the loop line at Boughton Station to run contra flow down throug... (more)