After a change in direction at Hennenman on the Free State main line, as well as a switch from diesel to electric traction, Transnet's Phelophepa 1 health care train is seen crossing the Sand Rive... (more)

Back in the day when TFR was still running 6E1 locos in the Cape two of them are seen here leading a Rovos trian on the final stretch to Cape Town.

Two Class 6E1 units, headed by E1584, leave Bayhead (the biggest and busiest yard in Durban), for the short run back to their depot at Wentworth, having just cut off their load. E1584, has subseq... (more)

A class 6E1 Bo-Bo 3kV electric in original South African Railways red livery, hauls a "pick-up" (wayside) freight northwards across the Vaal River at Fourteen Streams. The 2nd and 4th wagons are c... (more)

A very rare and unusual train on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast! E1314 / E1389 (in the old Spoornet "Orange" livery) with a Tourism Indaba Premier Classe Special returning to Durban through Warner... (more)

Gone are the days! Class 6E1 locomotives, E1513 / E1540 / E1783, pass through Warner Beach on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast as they make their way back to their depot at Wentworth, in Durban. Th... (more)

E1555 tows a dead class 36 and some Metro coaches that they went to fetch at the workshop at Touwsrivier, returning back to Cape Town through Hermon here.

A quartet of Class 6E1 electric units, with E1282 in charge, crosses the Umkomaas River bridge on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast with a load of timber for the Saiccor Paper Mill in Umkomaas. The t... (more)

E1592 leads a passenger special from Cape Town to Johannesburg here through Salbar between the 3rd and 4th tunnels in the Hex River Valley.

Class 6E1 locomotives, E1531 (still in her original South African Railway livery and with a full set of number and maker plates intact) and E1702, are seen here leaving Bayhead Yard after cutting ... (more)

On workers day 6E1 E1657 and E1362 bring the Port Elizabeth combination economy and premier classe passenger past the semaphore signal at Rooiwal

On workers day 6E1 E1317 and E1448 bring the East London passenger past the semaphore signal at Rooiwal

6E1 E1744 with a string of DZ wagons leaving Redan station. DZ general purpose wagons are becoming a rare sight as they are replaced by more modern wagons

E1146, E1538 and E1576 passing through Brackenfell late in the afternoon with smoke from distant wild fires covering the sky.

Semaphore signals continue to be operational at four stations on the Free State main line. At the south end of Rooiwal station, a pair of 6E1's wearing the orange livery of their previous owner (S... (more)