The northbound Shosh-Meyl day train from Cape Town on 'Fanie's Curve' north of Wellington

The northbound Shosh-Meyl day train from Cape Town leaves Hugenot station. This station is one of the two remaining sites on the Cape Main Line using semaphore signals.

On June 7, 2011, Shosholoza Meyl's purple Premier Classe train nears Wellington, South Africa after leaving Cape Town on its 918-mile overnight run to Johannesburg.

E1474 and E1464 leading the Cape Town to Johannesburg Premier Classe past the Wellington golf course, about an hour into the journey.

Two Class 35 diesels lead 3 wagons loaded with cement and a shunters wagon through Tulbagh, coming from the cement factory at Riebeeck Wes and heading to Worcester.

E1468 leads the Johannesburg - Cape Town passenger train through Tulbaghkloof, at the bottom is where the old road went which crossed the line on the left where the train is coming through the cut... (more)

Contractors painting the roof of Paarl station building (one behind the lamp post on the RHS, one reflected in the window of the signal cabin) pause to watch the Blue Train as it heads through Paa... (more)

E1464 and E1629 leading the second Premier Classe train of the morning back to Johannesburg, seen here just after exiting the 3rd of the 4 Hex River Tunnels.

Early morning at the entrance to the Hex River valley just before Sandhills is the first of 3 passenger trains that visited Cape Town for the Jazz festival heading back to Johannesburg.

Metrorail's Business Express running between Cape Town and Hugenote returns back to Cape Town here through Muldersvlei earlier than the normal schedule on the Friday before Christmas.

The 14E/14E1s are rated by many as the ugliest looking locomotives on TFR. The designers of the prototypes at SLM certainly did not have aesthetics in mind when they drew up the bodywork! Two 'ugl... (more)

The Blue Train is one of South Africa's premier luxury trains (the other being Rovos Rail). Its origins date back to 1923 when the 'Union Limited' and 'Union Express' luxury trains were introduced... (more)

Metrorail's Boland Blitz running between Cape Town and Worcester just north of Malan here, check out the Darwin Award candidate hanging on between the first 2 coaches!

E1606 and E1586 leading a freight train through the Okavango Industrial area towards Bellville.

Its the first day of the new year as a Rovos Rail train from Pretoria to Cape Town approaches Hermon.