A giant Eucalyptus tree towers over this pair of class 34's heading east to Krugersdorp with a freight (mostly containers) from Mafikeng.

Friends of the Rail's class 24 moves off shed, shortly before sunrise on a cold winter morning.

The Shosholoza Meyl "Tourism" heading through the Nuwekloof as it makes its way northwards from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The 5th and 6th coaches from the front are the dining and kitchen cars.

As the sun plays hide and seek amongst the clouds, a 6E1 in original SAR red livery leads three orange sisters on a short mixed freight from Belville to Worcester, seen here near Malan. The third ... (more)

The Train Control Officer (TCO) at Heuningspruit makes a telephone call to his colleague at the next station. The track diagram above the lever frame has been recently updated, since the main plat... (more)

These three 6E1's, running light loco to Ogies, are moving away from the camera as they pass a westbound mixed freight on the adjacent track. The blue 6E1 (E1585) is one of only a handful that wer... (more)

As a typical highveld thunderstorm looms overhead, these four 18E's are heading west towards Delmas with a long coal train.

In March each year, the flowering cosmos on the South African highveld indicates the onset of autumn. The east end of Dryden station provides a colourful trackside display of pink and white flower... (more)

Class 18E 18-518 in the new Transnet Freight Rail livery heads up four sisters from the same class working an eastbound coal train at Arbor. The pink and white flowers on either side of the tracks... (more)

Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. A southbound c... (more)

A southbound coal train behind three class 18E's crossing the Suikerbosrant (sugar bush ridge) river, between Fortuna and Spruytsrus on the Natal mainline. the third locomotive is in the new Trans... (more)

Rovos Rail's last train from George to Cape Town runs through the valley of the Breerivier (wide river), near Bonnievale.

Between Bonnievale and Ashton, the railway twists and turns through the foothills of the Langeberge (long mountains) on 1 in 40 grades and sharp curves. Known as the Bonnievale bank, this section ... (more)

A Mafikeng - Krugersdorp freight, mostly containers with some grain wagons tacked on the back, powers up one of the many grades on this rollercoaster line. The white signboard on the right is a wa... (more)

Eastbound container train from Mafikeng to Krugersdorp, leaving Swartruggens.