At sunrise on a late winter morning, a South African Railways class 15CA 4-8-2, on hire to the Rustenburg Platinum Mine, waits for its day shift crew to arrive so that it can begin earning its liv... (more)

Alongside the 6-axle class 10E's, the smaller class 18E's (rebuilt from 6E1's) are common power on the continuous stream of coal trains that originate in the Mpumalanga coalfields. This set of fiv... (more)

Eastbound coal empties behind a trio of nicely cleaned "Big Blues" seen crossing the Wilgespruit just west of Arbor station.

This Gautrain Electrostar set is just a couple of minutes out of Pretoria station, seen here climbing the grade out of the Fountains valley and crossing the on and off ramps of the N14 highway at ... (more)

Transnet Freight Rail's 580 km (365 miles) CoalLink line stretches from the coal mines on the Mpumalanga highveld, through rural kwaZulu-Natal and terminates at the port of Richards Bay. The doubl... (more)

Three class 18E's with a 50-wagon container train in tow, negotiate one of the endless curves between Volksrust and Newcastle, on the Johannesburg - Durban mainline.

Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. Three class 18... (more)

The Johannesburg - East London "Amatola" is scheduled to depart Springfontein junction around midnight, but some late running allowed me to get this shot in nice early morning light. The class 7E... (more)

After a fast run across the southern Free State from Springfontein, the Johannesburg - East London "Amatola" is approaching the R701 road bridge just north of Bethulie, passing an electrical sub-s... (more)

Late on a hot summer afternoon, the setting sun catches the last Sunday departure of the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe", as it observes a speed restriction just south of Daleside statio... (more)

On a hot summer afternoon, a thunderstorm is building up over the Gauteng highveld, as this class 36 GE shunter in Spoornet orange livery, hauls a work train south towards Meyerton, after unloadin... (more)

160 class 5E Bo-Bo electric locomotives were built for the South African Railways (SAR) between 1955 and 1959. In 2011 the last operational member of the class was part of Impala Platinum's fleet ... (more)

Impala Platinum is the worlds second largest platinum mine and operates an extensive electrified (3000v DC) rail system serving 14 shafts. After a brief midday summer thunderstorm soaked the area,... (more)

A Metrorail class 5M2A EMU heads downgrade through Fountains valley towards Pretoria. On the adjacent track a pair of class 36 shunters (GE SG10B) wait for clearance to cross over and follow the E... (more)

A pair of class 6E1's, in Spoornet orange livery, are heading south towards Vereeniging, running light engine and hauling two more dead loco's of the same class.