18-263 is Durban bound with a load of containers, having just exited the tunnel/s into Beacon Hill Station. The train would have undergone a crew change at Danskraal (Ladysmith) and then continued on towards Durban passing through places like Pieters, Colenso, Chieveley, Frere, Estcourt and around Wagon Drift Dam to Beacon Hill Station. About 4½ hours remain of the journey down to Durban from here.