Ex- South African Railways narrow gauge (2'0") garratt class NGG16 operating a mixed train at sunset on the privately owned Sandstone Estates railway, during the 2005 winter photographers weekend.... (more)

A late running local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg provided this rare opportunity to capture a freight at my favourite location north of Rooiwal station, passing the outer home and distant s... (more)

The mid-winter sun finds its way onto the tracks as a N700 series Shinkansen threads its way through the apartments and office towers between Hamamatsucho and Tamachi in Tokyo.

A local freight from Kroonstad to Sasolburg is entering one of the passing loops at Heuningspruit, threading its way between the still operational semaphore signals for southbound trains. The frei... (more)

The afternoon light is barely breaking through the clouds overhead as the Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth "Algoa" heads south through Wolwehoek station on the Free State main line, led by 6E1 E1659... (more)

A perfect summer afternoon spent watching trains running up and down Majuba Pass, came to an end in the best possible way, with this downhill train of 65 type CAR wagons, headed up by five clean 1... (more)

Passenger operator PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) operates long distance services under the "Shosholoza Meyl" brand (Shosholoza Meyl = a pleasant journey). The agency has decided to... (more)

During the late 1970's the most well known locomotive based at Voorbaai depot (Mossel Bay) was this class GMAM 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 garratt, unofficially named "Amin" after Idi Amin, the infamous preside... (more)

A northbound container train from Durban to Johannesburg, led by 18E 18-524 in TFR red, is climbing Majuba Pass between Ingogo and Mount Prospect, crossing bridge no.2 between tunnels 2 and 3 on t... (more)

The Ngogo and Buffalo River valleys provide the background for this shot of one of the newest 6E1 to 18E rebuilds, 18-762, leading three classmates up the ruling 1 in 66 grade between Ingogo and M... (more)

The railway line between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal was first opened in 1891 and today crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. Having exited ... (more)

Germiston-based class 15CA No.2820 (North British Locomotive Co. / 1928) is working train 1220, the Denver pick-up, against a backdrop of gold mine dumps between Driehoek and Geldenhuis. This was ... (more)

In the 1970's one of the greatest train journeys in South Africa was along the Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth (P.E.), over a rail distance of 1085 km (674 miles) in 41 hours. Al... (more)

Running a few minutes ahead of schedule, the overnight "Mail" from Bulawayo glints in the rising sun as it leaves Dibangombie siding, a remote location 40 km south of Victoria Falls.

The railway line between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal was first opened in 1891 and today crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. A trio of clas... (more)