A Johannesburg bound (Kazerne) container train, headed by 18-106, is passing through the lovely Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. A rail / works train was staged on one of the lo... (more)

A chilly autumn sunrise in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands as Class 18Es, 18-250 / 18-277 / 18-615, pass through Nottingham Road with a load of containers. The train is outward bound from Durban / KZN... (more)

Saiccor No. 1, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2697, at the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. No. 2697 was built by Borsig for the South African Ra... (more)

Saiccor No. 2, ex SAR Class 19D No. 2633, is about to leave the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast for the short haul up to the mill with a load of 11 timber wagons.... (more)

Late afternoon and Saiccor No.3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767 (4-8-2), has cleared the exchange yard of timber and is about to make her way back up to the mill. Until the delivery ... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunters, 36-238 (red Transnet Freight Rail livery) and 36-237 (orange Spoornet livery), are busy working one of the yards at Bayhead in Durban. Col André Kritzinger comment... (more)

Lifting RRL 22-01, while ex SAR / Transnet Freight Rail Class 35, now RRL 35-07 awaits its turn for lifting. On this day, three newly refurbished RRL Grindrod Diesel Locomotives were being readie... (more)

PRASA Class 18Es, 18-435 and 18-434, in the shed just north of Durban Station, with a technician replacing a pantograph. 18-434 had a pantograph hook-up on the way to Durban from Johannesburg wit... (more)

Sunrise and a new lease on life for these vintage (1965/66) diesel locomotives, originally designed & built by General Electric as model GE U20C. Ex SAR (South African Railway) / Transnet Freight ... (more)

1722D just after being loaded onto an articulated flatbed trailer. On the 18th September 2013 a consignment of 24 ex Queensland Rail locomotives arrived by sea in Durban, South Africa. 16 were for... (more)

1722D being heavy lifted onto an awaiting articulated flatbed trailer. On the 18th September 2013 a consignment of 24 ex Queensland Rail locomotives arrived by sea in Durban, South Africa. 16 were... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-241, in the orange Spoornet livery is pictured here working at Bayhead Yard in Durban. Designed by General Motors Electro Motive Division and built by General Mo... (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)

A typical scene inside the workshops at the Umbilo Electric Locomotive Depot. A brand new Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-645, in the red Transnet Freight Rail livery, as well as a few Class 8E... (more)

Designated Blue Train Class 20E locomotives, 20 032 & 20 031, are busy running around their train just North of Platform 14 at Durban Station. They had just arrived in Durban after an overnight j... (more)