The luxury Blue Train is a bit more than an hour into its journey from Cape Town to Pretoria, seen here just north of Wellington in the distance to the left.

Still wearing Spoornet orange, E7067 shares shed-space with E7031 in the new PRASA-inspired 'Shosholoza Meyl' purple livery.

A Class 7E locomotive is being kept company by a couple of steam generator wagons. When steam locomotives started making way for electric and diesel traction in the 1950's, vapor wagons were intro... (more)

The luxury Blue Train leaving Cape Town for Pretoria, nice to see "The Blue Train" badge on the nose of the loco.

A lashup of three Class 9E electric locomotives and four Class 34-400 diesels are ready to head back to Sishen with 215 empty iron ore wagons as soon as the electrics have their pantographs raise... (more)

A short grain train heads north behind 4 class 14E locos.

A broadside view of the first Class 15E built for Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), as it sits on the transverser at The UCW Partnership factory. The recessed roof section is necessary to accommodate t... (more)

Brand new class 19E Bo-Bo electric has been signed off by the factory and is ready for delivery to its new owner, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). The first five of these single cab dual voltage locom... (more)

Spot the odd man out! 25kv ac class 7E locomotive no. E7043 sports a patchy paintjob as she soaks up the winter sun at Kimberley. Most of the 7E's were in blue when I visited SA, with just a few... (more)

Dating from 1978, the 100 class 7E's were South Africa's first production 25kv ac locomotives, and were ordered following successful trials with a Class 6E1 testbed, no. E1600.

A pair of Class 9E locomotives in front of the servicing shed in Saldanha. These locos work exclusively on the 50kV Sishen-Saldanha iron export line. All other South African electrified routes u... (more)

The Luberailer is the catenary lubricating version of Spoornet's Luxrailer trolleys and is also used to monitor the condition of the overhead cable.

A threesome of Class 7Es await service in preparation for their next mission.

All South African electric locomotives up to and including the Class 7E's were bidirectional. That came to an end with the arrival of the Class 7E1's, with a cab at one end only.

The Class 11E's are 25 kV locomotives that entered service in 1985, and are used exclusively on the Richards Bay COALink route.