A pacing shot of Class 18 Series 1 locomotive, 18-179 as she was exiting KwaZulu Natal. Pictured here in the section between Chieveley and Colenso. This section of the Natal Main Line is one of ... (more)

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)

Dry winter grasses. Class 18E Series 1 locomotive,18-197, is heading a Johannesburg bound container train and has just crossed under the N3 (main road between Johannesburg and Durban). The train... (more)

This container train, headed by 18-197, has just past through Frere Station and is now starting the climb up towards Chieveley. The train is Johannesburg bound and is about to pass under the R603... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunting locomotive (GM-EMD SW1002), 36-206, is pictured here at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal shortly before being hammered by a typica... (more)

Brand new at the time to the Transnet Freight Rail Class 18E fleet as pictured at the Danskraal Locomotive Depot in Ladysmith, Northern KwaZulu Natal. Numbered as 18-416, she is one of a few loco... (more)

A trio of 18Es start the climb up the Majuba pass between Newcastle and Volksrust with a load of coal empties on their way to Johannesburg and the coal fields beyond

400 meters in front of the train is the spot where a young news reporter, Winston Churchill, was captured during the Anglo Boer War (1899 - 1902), when the train he was travelling on was seized by... (more)

Another view of the lever frame with its layout diagram (see also Photo ID 585857). The signal cabin at Dundee Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal still contains its original lever frame (and its a ... (more)

The signal cabin at Dundee Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal still contains its original lever frame (and its a beautiful example of its type), which is used to control the colour light signals an... (more)

Late on a beautiful autumn afternoon and Class 18E locomotives, 18-780 / 18-524 / 18-220, have just passed through Frere Station with a loaded grain train. The train is running contra flow across... (more)

Class 36 (200) diesel shunter, 36-238, trundles through Ladysmith Station in Northern KwaZulu Natal from the Durban side on her way to Danskraal Locomotive Depot / Yard. Built by General Motors S... (more)

Snow in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, is rare in terms of it falling in areas that affect the Natal Main Line. Pretty heavy snow falls in July 2011 through Hidcote, Mooi River, Rosetta, Nottingham... (more)

18-376 with a load of containers is climbing up and away from Frere towards Chieveley. This is a lovely section of the Natal Main Line with a lot of the mastpoles / catenary (as pictured here) fr... (more)

While a typical afternoon thunderstorm brews, Class 18E locomotives (18-416 in the red Transnet Freight Rail Livery) with their trains stand baking in the extreme Northern KwaZulu Natal heat at Da... (more)