Early on a sunny spring morning, the northbound Blue Train from Cape Town to Pretoria is 45 minutes ahead of schedule, heading towards its next stop at Klerksdorp as it passes the Senwes Grainlink... (more)

Early on a sunny spring morning, the northbound Blue Train from Cape Town to Pretoria is 45 minutes ahead of schedule, as it runs alongside the R502 between Leeudoringstad and Orkney, heading towa... (more)

In 1989 the Sun City Express was introduced by hotel group Sun International in conjunction with SATS (South African Transport Services), to provide a rail service between Johannesburg, Pretoria a... (more)

A view from Braamfontein looking south over the Braamfontein North Passenger Yard in the foreground, the South Yard where the Metrorail EMU's are staged, and beyond that the district of Newtown in... (more)

To help ease their motive power shortage while orders for new locomotives are filled, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has hired a number of RRL Grindrod's type RL30SCC-3 diesels, built at the Grindrod... (more)

A view over the city of Johannesburg (also known as Jo'burg, Jozi or Egoli) on a springtime afternoon, with the sky darkened by an approaching thunderstorm. In the foreground is the Braamfontein N... (more)

In 1965/66, the South African Railways (SAR) imported sixty five type U20C diesels from General Electric in the USA. These veteran locomotives have now all been withdrawn from service, but some ha... (more)

The original contract for the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) GE C30-ACi was for 143 locomotives. It turned out that after the completion of the 143, a further 15 locomotives were built for CFM Mozamb... (more)

A pair of class 43's (GE C30-ACi) sitting outside the workshops at Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort works in Pretoria. On the left is 43 011, one of the first loco's built in 2011, back at Koe... (more)

To help ease their motive power shortage while orders for new locomotives are filled, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has hired a number of RRL Grindrod's type RL30SCC-3 diesels, built at the Grindrod... (more)

As TFR's new locomotive orders begin to be filled, so the class 6E1 to 18E rebuild programme at Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops is being wound down. This is the number 2 end of one o... (more)

In 1965/66, the South African Railways (SAR) imported sixty five type U20C diesels from General Electric in the USA. These veteran locomotives have now all been withdrawn from service, but some ha... (more)

To help ease their motive power shortage while orders for new locomotives are filled, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has hired a number of RRL Grindrod's type RL30SCC-3 diesels, built at the Grindrod... (more)

Early morning finds a blue 18E from series 1 heading up two sisters from series 2 on a block load of bagged cement from Lichtenburg, heading east along the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line at ... (more)

Trains carrying iron ore from the mines in the Northern Cape run via the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line, to reach one of two ArcelorMittal steelworks, either in Vanderbijlpark, or in Newcast... (more)