The last rays of the setting sun catch the driver and fireman of class 15F 3117 sharing a joke and a mug of coffee, brewed on the footplate of course!

Under the gaze of a lonely star, Friends of the Rail’s ex-SAR class 24 2-8-4 3664 and 15F 4-8-2 3117 pose at Capital Park depot, during a night photo shoot for a Geoff's Trains tour group.

A line up of preserved power at Friends of the Rail’s depot at Capital Park, for a Geoff’s Trains tour group. From left to right, 15F 4-8-2 3117, 24 2-8-4 3664, 19D 4-8-2 2650 and a Funkey 0-4... (more)

In late afternoon sun, Friends of the Rail’s ex-SAR class 24 performs a runpast on the coal stage track at Capital Park, for a Geoff’s Trains tour group.

This is the last operational coal stage in South Africa and is used by Friends of the Rail (FOTR) and Rovos Rail locomotives. FOTR's ex-SAR class 24 poses on top of the stage with two loaded hoppe... (more)

Fireman John Ashworth is enveloped in steam as he rakes the fire of class 24 3664, after a day of photography for a Geoff's Trains photo charter.

Friends of the Rail's class 24 moves off shed, shortly before sunrise on a cold winter morning.

Photographed from the campus of the University of South Africa (UNISA), Metrorail train 9103 leaves Pretoria station on a local service that will take it through the eastern suburbs of Pretoria to... (more)

Metrorail train 0607 from Johannesburg is seen heading down the grade from Fountains into Pretoria. The construction site on the hillside ahead of the train is for the bridge that will carry the s... (more)

The class 18E Bo-Bo 3kV electrics are being rebuilt from class 6E1's and the latest batch have been recently outshopped in the new Transnet Freight Rail livery. 18-607, 18-603 and 18-606 are waiti... (more)

A class 8E heavy shunting locomotive, in original SAR red livery, awaiting repairs at Transnet Rail Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops, along with a couple of class 18E's in Spoornet blue. The ... (more)

Over the weekend of 14/15 November, construction work on the N1 freeway bridge over the railway between Centurion and Irene stations, necessitated the overhead power supply being shut off. Class 3... (more)

Over the weekend of 14/15 November, construction took place on the N1 freeway bridge over the railway between Centurion and Irene stations, necessitating the overhead power supply being shut off. ... (more)

For many years this Cowans Sheldon 10 ton steam crane worked at South African Railways' Koedoespoort workshops. Today the workshops belong to Transnet Rail Engineering and the crane is a museum pi... (more)

Friends of the Rail's class 24 2-8-4 no. 3664 (in steam, with Vanderbilt tender) pushes the Club's class 15F 4-8-2 (facing the camera, with feeder tank attached) into the storage sidings at Capita... (more)