Class 18E, 18-411, is in charge of this load of various C Type Wagon empties passing through Umlaas Road. The train is probably bound for Newcastle / Northern KwaZulu Natal. These wagons are use... (more)

18-098 is Durban bound and running down past National Chicks "Willow Farm" in Umlaas Road towards Camperdown. The blue tarpaulin covered wagons are Zimbabwean I believe, but what they ... (more)

18-219 has just rounded the corner at the top of the long and inviting straight after Umlaas Road Station that runs down towards Camperdown with this Durban bound grain train (various grain wagon ... (more)

An early summer evening (18:15) and there is a storm brewing, as 18-291 heads a Durban bound grain train through Umlaas Road Station. Staged on the loop line is a works train.

18-524 / 18-267 / 18-052 and a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg are about to make a quick stop at Umlaas Road Station.

Container traffic on the line between Durban and Johannesburg is very brisk, with Durban's busy harbour handling a seemingly never ending stream of container ships at it's container terminal. Thi... (more)

18-603 heads this "Python", a load of 65 X C Type Wagons, used for either manganese or coal loads - in this case these are empties, through Umlaas Road. These "Pythons" are the biggest trains wor... (more)

TFR (Transnet Freight Rail) certainly put on a show when their world renowned Blue Train visited Durban during November 2013! Two brand new Class 18E locomotives, 18-773 & 18-772, were assigned t... (more)

18-636 is doing her best to stay ahead of a building afternoon thunderstorm as she passes through Umlaas Road with a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg.

Class 6E1, E1506, still looking fantastic in her refreshed original South African Railway livery nearly 40 years after entering service, together with three mates (a bit of motive power overkill),... (more)

With Durban being the biggest sea port in Africa, container freight volumes on the rails, both in and out of Durban, are high. This is 18-095 / 18-013 / 18-180 with one of the frequent Container ... (more)

A trio of relatively clean Spoornet "Blue" liveried Class 18E locomotives, with a load of empty CAR (Ore) Wagons, headed by 18-254, at the Willows Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road. They are possibly ... (more)

18-768, one of the latest Class 18E locomotives to be added to the Transnet fleet, is looking really smart in her new red Transnet Freight Rail livery in the morning sun, as she exits the Umlaas R... (more)

Brand new to the Transnet Freight Rail fleet, 18-773 & 18-772 passing through Umlaas Road, as they leave KwaZulu Natal with one of the beautiful and prestigious Blue Train sets, bound for Johannes... (more)

18-328 & the Blue Train, South Africa's premier and world renowned long distance passenger train, was an extremely welcome visitor to Durban, KwaZulu Natal this weekend. She is pictured here pass... (more)