Luxury safari train operator Rovos Rail has purchased a number of ex- South African Railways (SAR) class 5E1 Bo-Bo electrics for use on their trains out of Pretoria. Still wearing faded Spoornet o... (more)

Luxury safari train operator Rovos Rail has purchased a number of ex- South African Railways (SAR) class 5E1 Bo-Bo electrics for use on their trains out of Pretoria. Repainted in Rovos Rail green ... (more)

A rare sight indeed! A Premier Classe set belonging to passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl, runs alongside the Indian Ocean on the 'South Coast' line, crossing the Umgababa River, just south of Umg... (more)

After waiting patiently for the rising sun to reach the tracks, Friends of the Rail's class 24 # 3664 performs the first runby of the day on a beautifully cold and clear winter morning with a typi... (more)

Although the old Abattoir outside the town of Cullinan no longer exists, the local railfan community still refers to this location by that name. On its way to Cullinan with a Friends of the Rail p... (more)

A rare sight indeed! A Premier Classe set belonging to passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl, runs along the Indian Ocean coast and crosses the Illovo River, just north of Illovo Beach station. The t... (more)

Friends of the Rail's (FOTR) ex-South African Railways class 24 no.3664 is silhouetted against the rising sun on a cold, clear winter morning, as it heads out of the small FOTR yard at Capital Par... (more)

Sunrise on a beautiful crisp, clear winter morning finds Friends of the Rail's (FOTR) ex-South African Railways class 24 no.3664 making a spirited departure from the small FOTR yard at Capital Par... (more)

The Witteberge (White Mountains) loom in the background, watching over Transnet’s Phelophepa health care train as it heads towards Fouriesburg. The 18-car train is on a repositioning move from F... (more)

Transnet’s Phelophepa health care train is seen climbing a long grade between Ionia and Meynel, dwarfed by a backdrop of typical eastern Free State mountain scenery, with prominent sandstone cl... (more)

Against a backdrop of typical eastern Free State mountain scenery, a pair of class 34 GE's are just about at the top of the climb from Kommandonek to Ionia, working Transnet's Phelophepa health ca... (more)

At Sekonyela, east of Ficksburg, the early morning sunlight greets Transnet's 18-car Phelophepa health care train. The two class 34 GE's in Spoornet orange livery are working hard to haul the trai... (more)

A late running Cape Town - Johannesburg Premier Classe speeds along the single track section between Potchefstroom and Welverdiend, just south of Boskop station. The lead locomotive is in the shor... (more)

A 100 wagon train of empty high capacity coal wagons is eastbound between Arbor and Kendal, with four of Transnet Freight Rail’s Class 10E1 Co-Co 3kvA heavy haul freight locomotives, still sport... (more)

I call them “Big Blues”, but train crews refer to them as “breadbins”..... Transnet Freight Rail’s Class 10E/10E1/10E2 Co-Co 3kvA heavy haul freight locomotives, still sporting predecess... (more)