18-236 is in charge of this Container Train (45 wagons) as it passes down gradient through Boughton Station in Pietermaritzburg bound for Durban. The Natal Main line was very busy today and conta... (more)

Class 18E, 18-119, fresh out the paint shops in her stunning red Transnet Freight Rail livery, is seen here passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a load of tanker ... (more)

The biggest train on the Natal Main Line, known as the "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons, which are used to transport coal / manganese. This train is a regular and is always headed by five Class 18E uni... (more)

Class 18E units, 18-415 & 18-404, in their (faded and very dirty) purple Shosholoza Meyl livery, just after their arrival in Durban this morning with an overnight Shosholoza Meyl "ANC Special... (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)

Class 18E locomotives, 18-405 & 18-414, return to the New Durban Yard just north of Durban Station, having just arrived in Durban with the overnight Johannesburg - Durban Premier Classe passenger ... (more)

With just the dying embers of the autumn afternoon’s sun remaining, and running ahead of schedule at 17:12hrs, 18-434 & 18-435 are seen here negotiating the difficult section through the top of ... (more)

Container trains crossing at Elandslaagte. 18-272 and her load of containers are bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg, having just undergone a crew change at Danskraal / Ladysmith (about 12km's earl... (more)

A local herdsman looks on, while his Nguni cattle graze behind him out of shot, as Shosholoza Meyl's "Daylight Sitter" service to Johannesburg on a Sunday, with 18-415 / 18-422 in charge, passes b... (more)

18-673, a Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, is in charge of this "Python" - a load of 65 X CAR Wagons (Ore / Coal), in this case these are empties, and has just completed the tight righthand swing un... (more)

Class 18E Series 1, 18-342, climbs out of the dip from Cato Ridge directly into the winter afternoon sun towards Camperdown with a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg.

Class 18E Series 2, 18-663, is in charge of this grain train seen here passing through the remains of Beacon Hill Station. The train is en-route to Durban and is probably carrying a load of maize... (more)

A friendly wave from the crew of 18-403 as they are about to pass under the steel road bridge at Congella with a Premier Classe set. The train has about 10 minutes left of its overnight trip from... (more)

18-422 in her "Blue" PRASA livery, together with 18-412 ("Purple" Shosholoza Meyl livery) are bang on time as they leave Lidgetton Station behind them with the Sunday morning return service of the... (more)

A scheduled Rovos Rail (The Pride Of Africa) luxury passenger train bound for Durban running down gradient behind Michaelhouse (a prestigious private boys school) in Balgowan in the KwaZulu Natal ... (more)