18-202 / 18-643 / 18-039 / 18-679 / 18-678 working a "Python" (65 X CAR Wagons - Coal Load) bound for Cato Ridge, negotiating the top loop at Boughton (20th October 2013).

18-202 / 18-643 / 18-039 / 18-679 / 18-678 climb the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie. They were working a "Python" (65 X CAR Wagons - Coal Load) to Cato Ridge. The timing of the crossing with the Johannesburg bound container train was a bit tight, or so we thought, but it worked out fine in the end (20th October 2013).

18-202 / 18-643 / 18-039 / 18-679 / 18-678 working a "Python" (65 X CAR Wagons - Coal Load) bound for Cato Ridge in the section between Mooi River and Rosetta - nice train. (20th October 2013).

Crew change complete, 18-413 / 18-433 leaving Lions River Station with the "Daylight Sitter" (20th October 2013). We drove through to Mooi River to try and get a few photos over the Mooi River bridge, but the train beat us - we arrived as it was crossing the bridge.

18-413 / 18-433 work the return Johannesburg "Daylight Sitter" up through Cedara Station (20th October 2013). This train was notably "passenger shy".

Ex SAR Class 19D No. 2506 at Cedara (20th October 2013).

18-096 in charge of this (short), Durban bound, load of tanker wagons, passing through Cedara Station (20th October 2013).

18-229 passing down through Boughton (Boughton Station just ahead of the train) with a load of mixed Grain Wagons (20th October 2013).

18-435 / 18-434 brought their own train (Shosholoza Meyl / Trans Natal) down to the yard this morning (12th October 2013). Usually the units cut off on the platform on arrival at Durban Station and a diesel loco goes down a little later and brings the train down to the yard.

E8025 was hard at work this morning, seen here pushing a 10M Metrorail set - Durban (12th October 2013).

Metrorail Activity - Durban (12th October 2013).

Some time out for E8092 in Durban this morning (5th October 2013).

18-430 / 18-429 with the Trans Natal bound for Durban, cross the Pentrich Viaduct in Pietermaritzburg this morning (5th October 2013).

34-841 / 34-629 cross the Pentrich Viaduct this morning in Pietermaritzburg at sunrise, on their way to Cato Ridge (5th October 2013).

Ex Queensland Rail / Kiwi Rail locos still staged along Maydon Wharf (2nd October 2013). Of the 24 that arrived in SA, four have been sent by road to Pretoria (the fourth left this morning). The twenty remaining will make their way to Pretoria under their own power in 4 sets of 5 locos.

E7299 at Bayhead (1st October 2013) awaiting a ride back to Richards Bay after having some (plenty) work done at Transnet Engineering in Durban. I'm always impressed by the paint jobs these locomotives receive - beautiful work!