Only about 6 months left of steam at Saiccor now before diesel replacement! The last working steam operations (non preservation) in South Africa. Saiccor No. 3 (Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767) - Leavi... (more)

Our chartered train rounds the oft photographed curve near the Zulu village of Mjila on the rugged and never completed Cape Natal line. At first glance Garratt locomotives look strange to America... (more)

Class 7 locomotive of the type used on the first construction train to visit Riversdal on 3 December 1903 when the railway line between Ashton and Mossel Bay was built for the old NCCR company.

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2767, leaving the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast yard with a load of 11 STJ (Timber) Wagons for the short... (more)

Dieselloc from the TransNamib Railway Museum at the railway station Windhoek in the morning sun

A class 6E1 Bo-Bo 3kV electric in original South African Railways red livery, hauls a "pick-up" (wayside) freight northwards across the Vaal River at Fourteen Streams. The 2nd and 4th wagons are c... (more)

Former SAR NG15-class "Kalahari" number 119 steams across the high Van Stadens River bridge with a train bound for Assegaaibos in the Langkloof. It is a 300-foot drop to the river below. Trains ha... (more)

Plinthed on the main concourse of Durban Station is the little 0-4-0 locomotive "Natal", the locomotive that started it all off in South Africa in 1860. Col André Kritzinger, a fellow South Afri... (more)

South African Railways 2-8-4 no. 3632 "Tootsie" with a daily steam excursion "The Outeniqua Choo Choo" en route from George to Knysna. Not long after this shot was taken, th... (more)

On a chilly and very dry winter afternoon, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2669, on loan to the Creighton / Ingwe Municipality from THF (Transnet Heritage Foundation), is on her wa... (more)

The Ngogwaan River flows peacefully on a chilly winter afternoon and ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2), No. 2669, on loan to the Creighton / Ingwe Municipality from THF (Transnet Heritage... (more)

A mixed train to Knysna crosses the Kaaimans River bridge. This was one of the classic photo locations back in the old days. As South African Railways rationalized their network and closed branc... (more)

Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway Class 19D (4-8-2) No. 2767, working the Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast. No. 2767 was built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns i... (more)

R.I.P. Saiccor No.1 ex SAR Class 19D, No. 2697 (4-8-2), withdrawn from service permanently (sustained running damages beyond viable repair) shortly after this photo was taken in 2013. The last of ... (more)

Steam operations at the Saiccor Mill at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast were interrupted recently, while maintenance issues with the remaining two locomotives still in service were resol... (more)