A rare sight indeed! A Premier Classe set belonging to passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl, runs alongside the Indian Ocean on the 'South Coast' line, crossing the Umgababa River, just south of Umg... (more)

A rare sight indeed! A Premier Classe set belonging to passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl, runs along the Indian Ocean coast and crosses the Illovo River, just north of Illovo Beach station. The t... (more)

A late running Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe speeds along the single track section between Potchefstroom and Welverdiend, just south of Boskop station. The lead locomotive is in the shor... (more)

A few days of late summer rains have produced a beautifully crisp and clear morning, which finds the Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe approaching the R501 road bridge between Frederikstad a... (more)

Heuningspruit (Honey Creek) is one of the five stations on the Free State mainline that still have operating semaphore signals. A pair of 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery are about to pass the star... (more)

At least a dozen passenger trains ran from various parts of the country to the city of Bloemfontein for the ANC's 100th birthday celebrations on 8th January (ANC = African National Congress - Sout... (more)

The long veld grass in the foreground and a clump of flowering "garingbome" (literally "cotton trees" - sisal-hemp) make for a typical mid-summer scene in the Free State, as the East London - Joha... (more)

After a few hours sleep, I left home at 02:45 and drove 300 km (186 miles) to arrive at this location just before the sun began to rise over the river. There was no sign of any trains on this doub... (more)

After three days of almost continuous rain, the clouds finally started breaking up enough to allow some sunshine through. I figured there was a chance of getting a shot of the Premier Classe with ... (more)

Newly overhauled and outshopped in passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl's purple livery, 6E1 E1464 heads up two sisters in original SAR red and Spoornet orange, working a northbound freight from Blo... (more)

A pair of 3kV DC 6E1's in Shosholoza Meyl livery backing on to the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe" passenger train at Beaufort West. The 6E1's are taking over from a 25kV AC class 7E, wh... (more)

This pair of 6E1's in Shosholoza Meyl livery is waiting for the "all clear" to move out of the Beaufort West yard and couple on to the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe" passenger train, vi... (more)

Shortly before sunset on a winter afternoon, the beer train is southbound at Rooiwal, passing the large Senwes grain silos at the north end of the station. Class 6E1 E1507, looking amazingly good ... (more)

Leeudoringstad (lion thorns town), so named by early settlers for a dense thicket of acacia thorn trees in the area that was a stronghold for predators stalking their prey on the surrounding plain... (more)

A wave for the photographer from the driver of 6E1 E1367 at the head of the Johannesburg - Cape Town Premier Classe, as the train passes the Senwes grain silos at Middelvlei late on a winter after... (more)