RRL Grindrod's locomotives are employed to haul ore from two of Harmony Gold's mines. Two of their ex-TFR Class 91's bask in the late afternoon sun at Transnet Freight Rail's Welkom station with t... (more)

A late afternoon line-up of RRL Grindrod locomotives at Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR) Welkom station, from left to right. 91-04, 91-01, 91-03 and 36-01. The class 91’s were built by GE and imp... (more)

The colours of winter on the South African highveld are evident in this shot of Sheltam's 3012 working through a rock cutting, as it takes 12 empty hoppers up the hill from Cooke Plant to Millsite... (more)

To position a train at Cooke Plant's unloading bins requires several reversing moves. After arriving from Millsite on the track on the right, 3012 has backed its load into the yard in the backgrou... (more)

Sheltam's 3012 kicks up dust as it leaves Millsite on the Rand Uranium system, with 12 hoppers of waste for processing at Cooke Plant. On the right is one of the derelict steam locomotives that ha... (more)

Sheltam's 3013 is passing through Mid-load, hauling 12 hoppers of waste from Cooke 3 shaft to Cooke plant for processing. Note the colour light signals. Mid-load is the junction for the line to Ha... (more)

The temperature is 1 degree celsius on a sunny winter morning as Sheltam's 3013 departs Cooke 3 shaft with its first job of the day - a load of waste for processing at Cooke plant.

Smoke and steam on a cold morning, a photographer's delight.

In typical South African bushveld, Rovos Rail's train from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to Pretoria, South Africa climbs the long grade out of Groot Marico. Two of Transnet Freight Rail's class 34 die... (more)

Glowing coals and plenty of steam - 15F 3117 has its fire cleaned after a day of hard work.

South Africa’s first purpose-built rapid transit system commenced operations on 8th June 2010, just in time for the soccer World Cup which opened on 11th June. One of the 4-car Electrostar train... (more)

On its first day of public service and just 3 days before the start of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a Gautrain Electrostar EMU races downgrade away from the photographer towards Modderfontein, en ro... (more)

A new day is dawning as a Gautrain Electrostar EMU comes to a stop at the OR Tambo International Airport station at 06:16, less than an hour after the start of public service between Sandton and t... (more)

The last rays of the setting sun catch the driver and fireman of class 15F 3117 sharing a joke and a mug of coffee, brewed on the footplate of course!

Under the gaze of a lonely star, Friends of the Rail’s ex-SAR class 24 2-8-4 3664 and 15F 4-8-2 3117 pose at Capital Park depot, during a night photo shoot for a Geoff's Trains tour group.