With 20 loaded hoppers in tow, ex- Sheltam C30 no.3008 marches up the grade through Paardekraal cutting on the Rustenburg Platinum Mines main line, heading to Waterval Plant. The town of Rustenbur... (more)

ex- Sheltam Grindrod GE C30 no.3008 backs its train of 20 loaded hoppers out of the Thembelani Shaft onto the Rustenburg Platinum Mines main line, for the run to Waterval Plant. In the background,... (more)

A lash-up of six class 7E1 and 7E3 single cab 25kV AC loco's (Hitachi) departing Ermelo yard with a 200-wagon coal train for the port of Richards Bay.

The town of Ermelo is one of the best places to observe heavy coal trains heading east from the Witbank coalfields to the port of Richards Bay. Loaded 100-wagon trains arrive mostly behind Class 1... (more)

Kloof station on the “old main line” between Durban and Cato Ridge. Once upon a time this was electrified territory, with a daily commuter service operated by South African Railways EMU’s. T... (more)

Not much is known about this little GE 40-tonner, except that it once operated at Eskom's Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga. It is currently based at Sheltam's Saaiplaas depot in Virginia.

On a quiet Saturday afternoon Sheltam no.4 sits waiting for its next assignment on the Harmony Gold system. Until recently, this loco was based at Randfontein, working on the Rand Uranium system.

Fifty two years after being delivered to the South African Railways from the USA, the first of the class 31 Bo-Bo's (GE U12B) survives in service with Sheltam, but rebuilt with a low short hood. N... (more)

After several weeks of curtailed services, passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl ran a limited number of trains over the Heritage Day long weekend. This special from Johannesburg to East London is ap... (more)

After several weeks of curtailed services, passenger operator Shosholoza Meyl ran a limited number of trains over the Heritage Day long weekend. This special from Johannesburg to East London is se... (more)

This year is the 150th anniversary of railways in South Africa and, to celebrate this historic occassion, Friends of the Rail operated a special passenger train from Pretoria to the mining town of... (more)

Transnet's 18-car Phelophepa health care train works its way around the foothills below Mohono Mountain, before dropping downgrade into the town of Thaba Nchu. The train will spend two weeks here,... (more)

The distinctive sandstone outcrop at Sekonyela, a well known landmark that has featured in hundreds of railfan photographs, towers over Transnet's Phelophepa health care train as it passes by, hea... (more)

After a week spent serving the town of Frankfort, Transnet's 18-car Phelophepa health care train is on the move again, to Thaba Nchu in the southern Free State. The train is seen passing through K... (more)

A Reefsteamers passenger excursion to Magaliesburg, behind 15F 4-8-2 3046 "Janine", crosses an eastbound freight from Mafikeng at Battery siding. The Reefsteamers passenger coaches are painted in ... (more)