The Trans Natal on a hot and very humid summer morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban - and return), headed by Class 6E1, E1510. The train, pictured here clim... (more)

The Trans Natal early on a winter morning (overnight economy class passenger train from Johannesburg to Durban), headed by Class 6E1, E1659, one of only a handful of her class that made it into th... (more)

It’s a chilly winter morning with some residual snow about on the surrounding mountains from a couple of days earlier. PRASA / Shosholoza Meyl's Trans Natal, an economy class overnight Johannesbur... (more)

A brand new (refurbished) Type 5M2A motor coach for PRASA / Metrorail, seen here returning to one of the Metrorail yards just North of Durban Station. What is nice about this refurbishment is tha... (more)

A beautiful morning and sunrise. PRASA Class 6E1 locomotives, E1438 & E1321, in the Spoornet “orange” livery at their New Durban Yard awaiting their next duty assignment. PRASA were still using ... (more)

PRASA Class 18E locomotives, 18-404 / 18-403, are Durban bound with the overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, the Trans Natal (Shosholoza Meyl). The train is pictured here at the top o... (more)

Lots in view at the PRASA yard just North of Durban Station. From left / Right – ET (the PRASA / Metrorail emergency train), a couple of ballast wagons (blue), Class 6E1 (E1394), Class 18E locomot... (more)

PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) Class 18E,18-405, with the "Trans Natal", an overnight Johannesburg - Durban passenger train, is busy making a scheduled crew change stop at... (more)

Train N0. 1072 (Type 5M2A - trailing motor coach visible), set M7, operated by PRASA / Metrorail is Durban bound and passing through the cutting just before Ntshongweni Station. The train origina... (more)

Late afternoon and Train No. 1062, a Type 5M2A suburban commuter set operated by PRASA / Metrorail, is on an all stops trip from Durban to Cato Ridge. After making a stop at Cliffdale Station, th... (more)

PRASA Class 18E locomotives, 18-427 & 18-403, leave the Durban Carriage & Wagon Inspection Yard after cutting off the main line passenger train that they had just arrived from Johannesburg with on... (more)

Early morning at the PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) staging yard just north of Durban Station found Class 6E1 E1593 and Class 18E (Series 2) 18-425 staged under the Argyle Road road... (more)

Ford - "Go Further" In September 2016 the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa evaluated the new TFR Class 22 dual-voltage electric locomotives for passenger use. The Class 44 d... (more)

The Shoshaloza Meyl races along the mainline towards Potchefstroom with a train bound for Cape Town.

Class 36 diesel shunter, 36-231, brings the Premier Classe set down to the carriage & wagon inspection pits just north of Durban Station following the train's arrival from Johannesburg a little ea... (more)