With just under 6 hours to go until New Year, the staff have gone home early and all is quiet at the Middelvlei grain silos. Middelvlei station was closed several years ago - the sidings have sinc... (more)

A block load of diesel and petrol fuel tankers at Irene, heading towards Olifantsfontein behind a pair of 6E1's in Spoornet orange livery.

Newly outshopped 6E1 E1657 in purple "Shosholoza Meyl" livery leads the Johannesburg - Cape Town "Premier Classe" south of Boskop, heading towards Potchefstroom.

Racing along on the Free State main line. A pacing shot taken at 1/40th with the train travelling at 90 km/hr (56 mph)

One of my rarest catches of the year! Only 3 or 4 sets of passenger coaches remain in their original South African Railways (SAR) red and grey livery, and these are only used in peak holiday perio... (more)

Four of TFR's new class 39 diesels - 39-002, 39-005, 39-001 (in blue livery) and 39-004 - heading south through Irene with a block load of limestone for the PPC (Pretoria Portland Cement) factory ... (more)

Cinderella and her ugly sister! 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 C... (more)

Metrorail train 0626 to Johannesburg ducks under the signal bridge as it enters Irene station from Pretoria. Despite Metrorail's efforts, commuters on crowded trains can often be seen standing in ... (more)

A northbound freight behind a pair of 6E1's is held at Irene to allow a southbound Metrorail EMU from Pretoria to cross over from the Up Main to the Down Main loop for its scheduled station stop (... (more)

On weekday mornings the line between Pretoria and Johannesburg is usually busy with Metrorail commuter trains. This southbound freight behind a pair of class 6E1's has been given a path between tw... (more)

Metrorail operates an upmarket express commuter service between Pretoria (Tshwane) and Johannesburg, known as the Tshwane Business Express (TBE). Ageing class 5M2A EMU stock was remanufactured by ... (more)

Metrorail operates an upmarket express commuter service between Pretoria (Tshwane) and Johannesburg, known as the Tshwane Business Express (TBE). Ageing class 5M2A EMU stock was remanufactured by ... (more)

One of my rarest catches of the year! Only 3 or 4 sets of passenger coaches remain in their original South African Railways (SAR) red and grey livery, and these are only used in peak holiday perio... (more)

The northbound "Amatola" from East London to Johannesburg is entering Heuningspruit station on the Up Main and passing the starter signals for the Down Main and Down Loop. On this particular morni... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Tourism" from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg, also known as the "Algoa", pulls out of Heuningspruit on the Free State main line after being held for a preceeding freight. The st... (more)