A trio of 18E's climb the long grade out of Pretoria with a container train, most likely headed for the port of Durban, 600km (400 miles) away on the Indian Ocean coast.
Eastbound coal empties, with 18E 18-138 in the lead, pass the impressive grain silos east of Kendal. There is seldom any rail traffic coming out of these silos nowadays, as most of this traffic ha... (more)
Class 18E 18-518 in the new Transnet Freight Rail livery heads up four sisters from the same class working an eastbound coal train at Arbor. The pink and white flowers on either side of the tracks... (more)
Since it was first opened in 1891, the railway between Volksrust in Mpumalanga and Newcastle in kwaZulu-Natal, now crosses the Drakensberg (Dragon mountains) on its third alignment. A southbound c... (more)