Basking in the late afternoon sun in Vryheid yard.

The big boys of the Richards Bay coal line. Four dusty Class 11E's are ready to depart further inland with about 200 empty coal wagons.

Still sporting its original SAR paint. Unlike most South African electric locomotives, the Class 7E1 has a cab at one end only. Also, the left and right sides are different in appearance.

Coupling up....

It's 07:45 and Empangeni's gopher is already at work assembling sugar wagons into a train.

Serving as the Empangeni gopher, 34-612 sits idly basking in the afternoon sun. Proof that Empangeni is sugar country is evident from the sugar cane that lies strewn about all over the yard.

A pair of Class 8E shunters, E8002 and E8007, move off on an errand to the industrial area south of Mandini station.

Maydon Wharf is a madhouse at the best of times, with trains, 26 wheeler big rigs and impatient motorists jostling in the limited space.

Apart from the headlight and windows, the only clean thing visible on this hard working loco is a new air hose. It's hard to believe that there's a bright orange locomotive hidden underneath all ... (more)

The ugly duckling of South African rails.... A pair of Class 8E shunters, still in SAR livery, working in the Bayhead yard with the Bluff in the background.

A foursome of Class 18E's pass through Mooirivier with a Johannesburg bound container train.

Two trains await their marching orders, one behind SAR liveried Class 6E1 E1532, and the other behind Class 18E 18-224, recently rebuilt from a Class 6E1.

End of an era..... Bar at least one modified unit that I've seen repainted in Spoornet blue, the Class 5E1's have now all been withdrawn from service and most will probably soon end up getting cu... (more)

One of the last remaining Class 5E1's awaits the scrapper's torches. One of the main distinguishing features between the 5E1's and 6E1's is the stacked set of three grilles on the sides, replaced ... (more)

(3 of 3) The tractor is stopped, but the wagon is still rolling, so some serious sprinting is needed to get to the brake wheel before she goes too far.