Built by General Motors South Africa as GM-EMD GT18MC, Class 35 Diesels, 35-629 & 35-621, have just left Cato Ridge and are seen here hurriedly running through Camperdown Station contra-flow, as t... (more)

18-646 / 18-623 / 18-657 / 18-350 / 18-626 arriving at Cato Ridge Station as light units. They will leave Cato Ridge with a load of 65 X C Type Wagon (CAR / CBR / CFR) empties, as pictured on the... (more)

Container traffic on the line between Durban and Johannesburg is very brisk, with Durban's busy harbour handling a seemingly never ending stream of container ships at it's container terminal. Thi... (more)

18-603 heads this "Python", a load of 65 X C Type Wagons, used for either manganese or coal loads - in this case these are empties, through Umlaas Road. These "Pythons" are the biggest trains wor... (more)

TFR (Transnet Freight Rail) certainly put on a show when their world renowned Blue Train visited Durban during November 2013! Two brand new Class 18E locomotives, 18-773 & 18-772, were assigned t... (more)

18-636 is doing her best to stay ahead of a building afternoon thunderstorm as she passes through Umlaas Road with a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg.

Class 18E Series 1, 18-342, climbs out of the dip from Cato Ridge directly into the winter afternoon sun towards Camperdown with a load of containers bound for Kaserne in Johannesburg.

Class 6E1, E1506, still looking fantastic in her refreshed original South African Railway livery nearly 40 years after entering service, together with three mates (a bit of motive power overkill),... (more)

With Durban being the biggest sea port in Africa, container freight volumes on the rails, both in and out of Durban, are high. This is 18-095 / 18-013 / 18-180 with one of the frequent Container ... (more)

A trio of relatively clean Spoornet "Blue" liveried Class 18E locomotives, with a load of empty CAR (Ore) Wagons, headed by 18-254, at the Willows Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road. They are possibly ... (more)

18-768, one of the latest Class 18E locomotives to be added to the Transnet fleet, is looking really smart in her new red Transnet Freight Rail livery in the morning sun, as she exits the Umlaas R... (more)

Brand new to the Transnet Freight Rail fleet, 18-773 & 18-772 passing through Umlaas Road, as they leave KwaZulu Natal with one of the beautiful and prestigious Blue Train sets, bound for Johannes... (more)

18-328 & the Blue Train, South Africa's premier and world renowned long distance passenger train, was an extremely welcome visitor to Durban, KwaZulu Natal this weekend. She is pictured here pass... (more)

18-267 with a load of containers bound for Johannesburg is seen here passing through Umlaas Road.

18-613 passing through Umlaas Road with a load of empty CAR Wagons destined for somewhere in Northern KwaZulu Natal.