Early on a sunny spring morning, the northbound Blue Train from Cape Town to Pretoria is 45 minutes ahead of schedule, as it runs alongside the R502 between Leeudoringstad and Orkney, heading towa... (more)

As TFR's new locomotive orders begin to be filled, so the class 6E1 to 18E rebuild programme at Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort workshops is being wound down. This is the number 2 end of one o... (more)

Early morning finds a blue 18E from series 1 heading up two sisters from series 2 on a block load of bagged cement from Lichtenburg, heading east along the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line at ... (more)

The link line between Potchefstroom and Houtheuwel is bi-directional double track CTC, but most of the time "Operating" sticks to left hand running. Here is an exception to the rule, wit... (more)

The "Red Mamba" is the nickname given to the train of Butanol tankers that runs from the Sasol Solvents plant in Sasolburg and the name is even stencilled on the tanker wagons. After com... (more)

On a quiet Saturday afternoon, one of the newest class 6E1 to 18E rebuilds of series 2, sits in the Bijlcor Yard in Vereeniging, waiting for its next turn of duty. For a full description of the cl... (more)

A pair of 18E's in the TFR red livery are heading west from Leeuhof Yard in Vereeniging towards Potchefstroom, passing a small farm dam with a short train of empty grain wagons. The black speck in... (more)

Running on the Sentrarand avoiding line, this set of five 18E's hauling type CAR open wagons, is seen crossing the Kliprivier, shortly before reaching the junction with the Germiston - Vereeniging... (more)

Raathsvlei siding, on the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line in southern Gauteng, is often used as a staging point for eastbound manganese trains, running from the Northern Cape mines to Cato Ri... (more)

One of the six bridges on the Majuba Pass between Ingogo and Charlestown is the 200 meter (656 ft) Trowe's Viaduct at Glen Harte, just below the more well known Harte River bridge. In this view, l... (more)

A light engine move of four class 18E's, all in Spoornet blue livery, seen just west of Ingogo siding, at the foot of the climb up Majuba Pass.

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba Pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)

A heavy bank of early morning mist still hangs over the mountains as a train of type SCL enclosed motor car carriers behind three class 18E's, reaches the foot of the Majuba Pass just west of Ingo... (more)

Heavy banks of early morning mist begin to break up as the winter sunlight catches a pair of 18E's in fading Spoornet blue livery as they approach Ingogo siding with a southbound mixed freight th... (more)

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)