TFR (Transnet Freight Rail) certainly put on a show when their world renowned Blue Train visited Durban during November 2013! Two brand new Class 18E locomotives, 18-773 & 18-772, were assigned t... (more)

The large PRASA / Metrorail Yard just north of Durban Station - the platform portals of the station can be seen towards the top left of the photo. One of the Blue Train sets is staged on the Cater... (more)

The Blue Train heads through Brackenfell station on its journey back to Pretoria on a sunny summer's morning with the driver greeting with a nice wave.

14001 leads the Blue Train out of the third of the 4 Hexton tunnels with some fresh snow on the mountain tops in the back.

Brand new to the Transnet Freight Rail fleet, 18-773 & 18-772 passing through Umlaas Road, as they leave KwaZulu Natal with one of the beautiful and prestigious Blue Train sets, bound for Johannes... (more)

The luxury Blue Train operated a private charter from Pretoria to Bloemfontein for the Macufe Festival (Macufe = Mangaung African Cultural Festival). Northbound on the return journey to Pretoria, ... (more)

Spot on time at 06:24, the luxury Blue Train is running through Heuningspruit, passing the starter signal at the north end of the station. The train is led by class 14E class leader 14-001 and is ... (more)

18-328 & the Blue Train, South Africa's premier and world renowned long distance passenger train, was an extremely welcome visitor to Durban, KwaZulu Natal this weekend. She is pictured here pass... (more)

Winter have finally arrived in the Cape as is evident by the snow after a serious of cold fronts past the previous weekend. Here 14001 and 14107 lead the Blue Train through the Hex River Valley fr... (more)

Historically, the Blue Train has been South Africa's premier train since its inception in 1938 and is still listed as train No 1 in the current Working Time Book (the first 2 digits show from whi... (more)

Limited to 40Km/h for this section, the Blue Train carefully negotiates its way through Tulbagh Kloof

14103 and 14101 lead the Blue Train into Tulbaghkloof just north of Gouda. The second loco have now also been given its stripes, matching those on the coaches.

The luxury Blue Train, northbound from Cape Town to Pretoria, is framed by the rusting footbridge at Fochville station as it speeds through behind a pair of class 14E Bo-Bo electrics. These locomo... (more)

Contractors painting the roof of Paarl station building (one behind the lamp post on the RHS, one reflected in the window of the signal cabin) pause to watch the Blue Train as it heads through Paa... (more)

The 14E/14E1s are rated by many as the ugliest looking locomotives on TFR. The designers of the prototypes at SLM certainly did not have aesthetics in mind when they drew up the bodywork! Two 'ugl... (more)