The class 19E dual voltage (3kV DC / 25kV AC) Co-Co electrics are one of the newest classes to enter service on Transnet Freight Rail in the last three years. These six 19E's are running through S... (more)

The class 19E dual voltage (3kV DC / 25kV AC) Co-Co electrics are one of the newest classes to enter service on Transnet Freight Rail in the last three years. Six 19E's are seen working a 200 wago... (more)

The bright morning sun highlights this colourful lash-up of four clean class 10E1's, working a 100 wagon coal train from the Witbank coalfields to Ermelo, on the 3kV DC section of the CoalLink lin... (more)

With their propensity to haul only bulk block loads, the good old mixed freight is not that common on Transnet Freight Rail these days. This pair of 18E's is hauling a mixed load of phosphoric aci... (more)

Not even the new Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) livery can help to improve the look of TFR's 'ugly duckling' class 38 electro-diesel. Here we see 38-007 teamed up with 38-041 in Spoornet blue and 38-... (more)

When the cosmos flowers are in full bloom on the Highveld, it's a sure sign that summer is just about over. A class 35-600 in Spoornet blue and a pair of 35-200's in TFR red and Spoornet orange ar... (more)

A class 35-600 in faded blue Spoornet livery is teamed up with two 35-200's, working a block load of 26 type OXNLJ Anhydrous Ammonia tankers, eastbound to Trichardt on the Springs - Bethal seconda... (more)

This trio of Class 38 electro-diesels is hauling 35 loads of coal up the grade towards Argent station, headed up by class leader 38-001 sporting the new TFR livery. Visible in the left background ... (more)

Cosmos in full bloom on the Highveld can only mean one thing - summer is over and autumn is on the way. With the pink and white blossoms adding splashes of colour along the tracks, this coal train... (more)

At the 2:00pm shift change, these Anglo Platinum locomotives are lined up at Waterval yard, waiting for their new crews to begin the afternoon shift, while storm clouds gather overhead.

Anglo Platinum's C30-EMP no. 3008 climbs the grade through Paardekraal cutting with its train of 20 loaded hoppers from the Thembalani mine, headed for the reduction plant at Waterval.

The Magaliesberg mountains loom in the background, as Anglo Platinum's C30-EMP no. 3008 backs its train of 20 loaded hoppers out onto the main line from the short siding that serves the Thembalani... (more)

The rising moon is already well above the eastern horizon as the setting sun lights up this set of five class 18E's in Spoornet blue and TFR red liveries, hauling a heavy westbound coal train. A s... (more)

The first batches of class 18E rebuilds to enter service all wore the Spoornet blue livery. However, the rebranding to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has seen the introduction of a much more colourfu... (more)

In the mid-1990's the Rustenburg Platinum Mine helped extend the life of several South African Railways class 15CA and 15F 4-8-2 steam locomotives, which they hired from S.A.R. to work on their ex... (more)