On a swelteringly hot summer afternoon, Saiccor No.3, ex South African Railway Class 19D, No. 2767 (4-8-2), is on her way up to the mill from the Timber Exchange Yard at Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Na... (more)

Kirk Falls, a great location, but an extremely tricky place to obtain photographs at! The waterfall forms part of an enclosed (on three of the four sides) "amphitheatre" type geographical rock fo... (more)

Class 35 diesels (GE U15C) with the daily malt train leaving Caledon.

The view from the old footbridge, as 18-291, outward bound from Durban with a tanker / mixed train, passes through Rosetta Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. Three to four decades ago stations... (more)

Time is getting short now for the steam operations at Saiccor in Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, with diesel traction replacement expected soon. Saiccor No. 3, ex South African Railway... (more)

Early morning and 18-052 / 18-230 / 18-329 are outward bound from Durban with a load of containers. The train is pictured here passing the Nelson Mandela Capture Site at Lions River in the KwaZul... (more)

Local production of the "China Dolls" at Koedoespoort in Pretoria is in full swing! Class 20E, 20 048, heads the ready line at Rosmead Station in the Eastern Cape in the morning sunligh... (more)

Some fresh paint at the dawning of a new day. The first two of this class to be put into the PRASA "blue" livery. E1667 (with E1603 behind) are Class 6E1 Series 5 electric locomotives, that orig... (more)

A Premier Classe special that visited Spier for the day is running back to Cape Town here past the semaphore signal at Lynedoch station.

A very friendly driver hangs out the window to wave at us on this special move consisting of 3 6E1 locos, a 7E and a class 36 in the Prasa blue colour.

Atlantic Rail's class 16DA pulling a Metro set on a test run from Cape Town to Stellenbosch is seen here approaching just outside Stellenbosch.

It is just after sunset as a short load of military vehicles behind 18684 is seen here just after running through the tunnel 4 of the Hexton tunnels which is just over 13km in length with a passin... (more)

Hauling lumber to Richards Bay.

Shosholoza Meyl / PRASA Class 7E, E7010, is pictured here at the Transnet Engineering workshops in Durban, having just undergone a repaint into the Shosholoza Meyl purple livery. E7010 is an East... (more)

Hillcrest Station was closed in 1992, all semaphore signals were removed and later the overhead cantenry in 2002. The building now serves as a restaurant called "Station Master's Arms".... (more)