Durban bound trains headed from left to right by 18-416, 18-112 and 18-224 at Danskraal in Ladysmith, probably awaiting crews. The Natal Main Line sees a lot of traffic on it with varied loads in... (more)

Vintage Class 5E1 Series 5 locomotive, E1101, originally built in 1966, pictured here at Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith. Transnet Freight Rail have retained two Class 5E1 Series 5 locomo... (more)

These four Class 18E electric units (18-505 with the end of train marker) have just arrived at Estcourt Station. They had just made the trip through to Escourt from Danskraal / Ladysmith with tra... (more)

E25 in profile. Covered in dust and in very poor condition now, E25 is one of two remaining examples of the Class 1E electric locomotive. South African Railways electric motive power history if ... (more)

18-265 is about to pass through the remains of Frere Station with a mixed load of sugar and tanker wagons. The train originated in Durban and is about to start the climb up towards Colenso and fu... (more)

A chilly winter afternoon, as this container train headed by 18-281 moves towards Ladysmith. The train is in the section between Colenso and Pieters and is about to pass the Harts Hill Anglo Boer... (more)

The Class 20E dual voltage 3kV DC / 25kV AC electric locomotives, built in China by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR),... (more)

This container train, with 18-052 in charge, is busy crossing the steel bridge out of Frere Station just before the Winston Churchill Capture Site (captured while on a train during the Anglo-Boer ... (more)

ESCOM (0-6-0) is a fireless type steam locomotive, built by W. G. Bagnall & Company Limited, that operated together with another fireless locomotive called TUGELA (0-4-0) shunting coal wagons at t... (more)

18-250 with a shortish load of containers approaching Colenso Station from the Durban / Pietermaritzburg side. The town of Colenso has significant history with the railways in South Africa, as it... (more)

Just to feature the Class 1E that was hidden behind the Class ES shunter in Photo ID 529667. Covered in dust and in very poor condition now, these two examples of South African Railway electric mo... (more)

Covered in dust and in very poor condition now, these two examples of South African Railway electric motive power history are still standing in a disused Goods Shed at Danskraal / Ladysmith. Fron... (more)

With some afternoon storm activity around and the landscape already showing signs of the change in seasons, as we move through autumn and head closer to winter in South Africa, 18-506 is pictured ... (more)

A manganese load heading towards Durban on the down grade between Cheiveley and Frere. These overhead centenary mast poles from the 1930's will soon be a thing of the past, as the new modern mas... (more)

A typical summer afternoon thunderstorm is brewing once again in Northern KwaZulu Natal. After an approximate 6½ hour trip up from Durban, 18-284 has arrived at Danskraal in Ladysmith with a mix... (more)