A day trip by car up as far as Glencoe in Northern KwaZulu Natal from Durban involves about 6 hours driving time / 600km (return), and is generally a very rushed affair, requiring a ridiculously e... (more)

18-284 is in charge of this outward bound (from Durban) container train, as it crosses the Mooi River (the river has the same name as the predominantly dairy farming area of Mooi River in the KwaZ... (more)

E1394 is the last remaining working Class 6E1 locomotive in Durban and her future remains uncertain at this time. She is pictured here on her return to the yard in Durban from CTE (Commuter Trans... (more)

This is ex South African Railway Class 12AR, No. 1535, just after sunrise on a chilly winter morning, at the Germiston (Johannesburg) yard / HQ of Reefsteamers, a steam preservation group. No. 153... (more)

Sunrise on a chilly Johannesburg winter morning, as ex South African Railway Class GMAM, No. 4079 (left), makes a stop alongside the water column to take on water and join this fine line up of mar... (more)

18-177 / 18-153 / 18-052 are outward bound from Durban with a load of containers. The train is seen here busy winding its way through the rural hills of the Shongweni / Cliffdale area, having dep... (more)

Only about 6 months left of steam at Saiccor now before diesel replacement! The last working steam operations (non preservation) in South Africa. Saiccor No. 3 (Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2767) - Leavi... (more)

18-209 and three helpers are seen here passing through Cedara Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, with a load of Jet Fuel for O.R. Tambo International and Lanseria airports in Johannesburg, hav... (more)

18-212 is in charge of this container train, which has just completed the steep and twisty climb up from Pietermaritzburg to the top of Boughton and is now heading towards the Cedara Tunnel portal... (more)

A beautiful winter sunrise and 18-317, with a newly refreshed / painted cab end, is passing through Ashburton Station with a load of cement. The locomotives would have left their depot as light u... (more)

It's a dry winter morning in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands and 18-429 has just exited the Lidgetton Tunnels and is dropping down gradient now towards Lidgetton Station with a Daylight Sitter service ... (more)

A beautiful golden sunrise arrived right on cue in Lions River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands! 18-194 is in charge of this car train as it crosses the old steel bridge out of Lions River Station. ... (more)

Just after sunrise, as 18-414 and an overnight passenger service from Johannesburg to Durban, known as the "Trans Natal", is at the top of the inviting straight for the run down to Campe... (more)

It's late on a beautiful autumn afternoon as 18-157, with a short container load and outward bound from Durban, passes over Willow Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road. The train would have departed Durb... (more)

EXX-3001/2/3 while staged in a yard in Maydon Wharf, Durban, awaiting the arrival of a ship to take them through to Brazzaville in the Congo. The three locomotives (EXX-3001 / EXX-3002 / EXX-3003)... (more)