Central East African Railways (previously Malawi Railways) No. 526 and No. 525 are staged along Maydon Wharf in Durban awaiting delivery. These two locomotives are the final two of six of their t... (more)

The mainstay of the very busy Natal Main Line, or the Natal Corridor as it is also known, in terms of motive power, the Class 18E. 18-079 / 18-054 stand ready at Umbilo Electric Locomotive Depot ... (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)

Ex QR National Railway, 2111D, being craned off the “Clipper Amber” at Maydon Wharf in Durban. 2111D formed part of a consignment of locomotives that arrived in South Africa in June 2012 from... (more)

Class 6E1, E1598 (in her original South African Railway livery and still sporting at least one of her prized and highly collectable brass number plates, outside the workshops of the Umbilo Electri... (more)

A type 10M5 Metrorail commuter set arriving at Durban Station.

18-404 and 18-427 (with their paired running mates behind them), are occupying their usual spot when staged in Durban under the Argyle Road Bridge, in between mainline passenger train workings. It... (more)

In service shunting locomotives at rest in three liveries! Just after sunrise on a Sunday morning in one of the yards at Bayhead in Durban and the day has not yet begun for Class 8E (Electric) and... (more)

Shunters at rest! Just after sunrise on a Sunday morning along Maydon Wharf in Durban and the day has not yet begun for Class 36 diesel shunting locomotives 36-237 / 36-213 / 36-220 / 36-227 / 36-... (more)

Slowly but surely repaints into the red TFR (Transnet Freight Rail) livery of the older members of the locomotive fleet are taking place. 36-238 is a recent example of this, a Class 36 Diesel Shu... (more)

The national flag of Angola has been incorporated prominently in the new livery of CFL (Caminho de Ferro de Luanda) / Luanda Railway - sometimes called Angola Railway. CFL 104 (GE U20C) is picture... (more)

36-214 / 36-218 / Shunter Wagon “Natalspruit” / 36-240 along Maydon Wharf at the start of another busy day’s shunting for them. With reference to Col. André Kritzinger's Wikipedia referen... (more)

E1394 is the last remaining working Class 6E1 locomotive in Durban and her future remains uncertain at this time. She is pictured here on her return to the yard in Durban from CTE (Commuter Trans... (more)

EXX-3001/2/3 while staged in a yard in Maydon Wharf, Durban, awaiting the arrival of a ship to take them through to Brazzaville in the Congo. The three locomotives (EXX-3001 / EXX-3002 / EXX-3003)... (more)

CC 1103, brand new and looking beautiful standing quayside early morning while awaiting the arrival of a ship to take her and two other locomotives on to Sierra Leone. RRL Grindrod South Africa ar... (more)