At Klipheuwel station, some passengers board the Saturday afternoon Cape Town - Malmesbury train to travel further up the line, while others detrain after a morning spent shopping in Belville or C... (more)

The 13:50 Saturdays only Metrorail train from Cape Town trundles down the grade from Fisantkraal to its next stop at Mellish. This is wheat growing country and the first signs of new green shoots ... (more)

One of the few diesel-hauled Metrorail services operates between Cape Town and Malmesbury. The 13:50 Saturdays only train from Cape Town is seen leaving Fisantkraal, heading towards Klipheuwel. Th... (more)

Newly outshopped 6E1 E1657 in purple "Shosholoza Meyl" livery, teams up with a very grubby E1496 in original SAR red to work the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe".

While the setting sun desperately tries to break through distant storm clouds, the distant and outer home signals stand guard over the Free State main line at Rooiwal.

With the overhead power supply switched off between Irene and Pretoria, diesels were brought in to work the trains. A filthy class 34-200, one of the original batch imported from the USA in 1971, ... (more)

With the overhead power supply switched off between Irene and Pretoria, diesels were brought in to work the trains. This Metrorail commuter from Johannesburg to Pretoria is leaving Irene behind a ... (more)

On the weekend of 9th/10th January, the overhead power was shut off between Pretoria and Irene, with all trains being worked by diesels over this section. Metrorail train 0608 from Pretoria to Joh... (more)

All the colours of the rainbow...just about! On the weekend of 9th/10th January, the overhead power was shut off between Pretoria and Irene, with all trains being worked by diesels over this secti... (more)

One of my favourite locations on the Free State main line, Rooiwal (red embankment) is one of the few remaining examples of a reasonably well maintained South African country station, with its gra... (more)

The TCO (train control officer) at Rooiwal sets up the signals for the next approaching passenger train. Rooiwal is one of five remaining stations on the Free State main line between Vereeniging a... (more)

Train 74211, southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, passing the starter signal for northbound trains at Heuningspruit. The concrete sleepers and ballast in the foreground are t... (more)

Train 74211, southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, pulling away from Rooiwal after a brief stop to collect a written order, authorising the driver to pass a faulty intermediat... (more)

My 100th shot on RP! A southbound holiday extra from Johannesburg to East London, made up of Spoornet blue & grey stock, races across the wide open spaces of Free State province behind 6E1 E1378. ... (more)

Five class 18E's team up to move an eastbound ore train, seen crossing the Blesbokspruit north of Heidelberg station.