Following a change to the crew at the very well kept Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands (due to the hard work of caretaker Daniel Madlala), E1658 / E1595 / E1318, continue on their ... (more)

Veteran Class 6E1 electric locomotives, E1658 / E1595 / E1318, are pictured here passing through Ashburton Station on their way to Johannesburg, having just left the Transnet Engineering Workshops... (more)

A passenger special that visited Cape Town for the Jazz festival is seen here just outside Worcester early in the morning on the return trip to Johannesburg.

The rising sun catches Shosholoza Meyl's East London to Johannesburg "Amatola" running about 15 minutes ahead of time, as it races past the Glen Douglas Dolomite Quarry sidings and loadi... (more)

While watching his goats a young boy looks on as the Transkaroo rolls past heading in to Cape Town.

E1666 leads a late running Premier Classe here through Oostersee station for the last bit of the trip to Cape Town.

The "Trans Natal", an overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, headed by two Class 6E1 electric locomotives (in Spoornet "orange" livery), E1417 and E1321, crosses a mixed freight on the s... (more)

E1666 leads the Premier Classe up the climb from Klapmuts towards Muldersvlei with about an hour left to Cape Town.

Some fresh paint at the dawning of a new day. The first two of this class to be put into the PRASA "blue" livery. E1667 (with E1603 behind) are Class 6E1 Series 5 electric locomotives, that orig... (more)

A southbound empty rail train is passing Skansdam junction on the Germiston - Vereeniging line, hauled by one of +/- 100 class 6E1's that still remain in service, no. E1352 from series 3, built in... (more)

A Premier Classe special that visited Spier for the day is running back to Cape Town here past the semaphore signal at Lynedoch station.

A very friendly driver hangs out the window to wave at us on this special move consisting of 3 6E1 locos, a 7E and a class 36 in the Prasa blue colour.

Driver Bennie Matthee is at the controls of 6E1 E1950, leading the Trans Karoo from Johannesburg to Cape Town as it passes through the vineyards of the Hex River valley, heading towards its next s... (more)

With around another 10 minutes before arrival at Kimberley, a brace of class 6E1s pass Riverton with a Rovos Rail 'Pride of Africa' train. E1671 underwent conversion in 2011 to a class 18E, and n... (more)

E1510 and the overnight Durban to Johannesburg passenger train, "Trans Natal", is pictured here at Pepworth, about 10km on the Johannesburg side of Ladysmith. The train was running almo... (more)