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)

Late on a winter afternoon, as 18-636 / 18-079 / 18-513, pass through the rural hills around Cliffdale dotted with local dwellings. They have a load of empty grain wagons (various types) behind t... (more)

Late afternoon midway through winter, and as usual the veld (grass) fires have burnt the scrub vegetation around the very dry, steep and rugged terrain at the back of Shongweni that the Natal Main... (more)

Light units, 18-663 / 18-118 / 18-124, climb directly into the sun late on an autumn afternoon, having just passed through Shongweni Station bound for Masons Mill in Petermaritzburg to pick up a l... (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)

Class 18E Series 1, 18-506, is seen here passing through Colenso with a variety of empty grain wagon types, as she heads towards Danskraal / Ladysmith for her next scheduled stop (Crew Change), ab... (more)

It's mid morning on a sweltering summer day in Pietermaritzburg, as 18-506 crosses the Pentrich Viaduct with a double stack Car Train bound for Bayhead in Durban.

Just after sunrise as 18-272 passes through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of Lime Wagons (a pretty unusual load on the Natal Main Line) bound for Durban. A Johanne... (more)

18-073 is seen here heading a load of cement across the Mooi River. The train is heading out of KwaZulu Natal and is probably bound for Gauteng / Johannesburg. It would have departed Durban abou... (more)

Fluid / liquid substance haulage via rail from the coast to the Highveld, particularly of Jet Fuel for O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, is very regular on the Natal Main Line / NA... (more)

18-130 is seen here running through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands at sunrise with a load of empty cement wagons bound for Durban. Lions River Station is frequently used for cre... (more)

A thunder storm has just passed through the area and we were left with a beautiful late autumn afternoon as 18-521 and a container train pass by the front of Michaelhouse (a top private boy's scho... (more)

18-425 & 18-423 undergo a scheduled early morning crew change at Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, with a Durban bound Premier Classe set. The train had left Johannesburg the prev... (more)

18-008 climbs the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a mixed freight train. Mixed freights are not that often seen on the Natal Main Line. A single Class... (more)

18-007 aka "Bond" heads a container train out of KwaZulu Natal through Colenso. The train will make a stop at Danskraal / Ladysmith for a crew change, before continuing on to Kaserne in... (more)