One of the last occasions i was able to photograph the class 6E1s was at Leeuhof locomotive depot.Since then most of the 6E1s have eighter been converted to class 18Es or went into retirement.

Class 6E1 E1950 in the PRASA blue livery, leads sister E1813 in the oxblood livery of former owner Spoornet, as they team up to work Shosholoza Meyl's 'Trans Karoo' from Cape Town to Johannesburg,... (more)

The rising sun catches Shosholoza Meyl's East London to Johannesburg "Amatola" running about 15 minutes ahead of time, as it races past the Glen Douglas Dolomite Quarry sidings and loadi... (more)

A southbound empty rail train is passing Skansdam junction on the Germiston - Vereeniging line, hauled by one of +/- 100 class 6E1's that still remain in service, no. E1352 from series 3, built in... (more)

Driver Bennie Matthee is at the controls of 6E1 E1950, leading the Trans Karoo from Johannesburg to Cape Town as it passes through the vineyards of the Hex River valley, heading towards its next s... (more)

With around another 10 minutes before arrival at Kimberley, a brace of class 6E1s pass Riverton with a Rovos Rail 'Pride of Africa' train. E1671 underwent conversion in 2011 to a class 18E, and n... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's southbound "Algoa" from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth has just passed through Daleside Metrorail station (the footbridge can be seen at the rear of the train) and is crossing ov... (more)

Shortly after sunrise on a spring morning, Rovos Rail's Cape Town to Pretoria train is reflected in a small farm dam as it heads east along the Potchefstroom - Houtheuwel link line. Two grubby cla... (more)

(Old School)This is the new name among train drivers for the remaining Class 6E1 Locomotives still in service,Here two Class 6E1s is basking in the morning sun at Leeuhof goods yard.

Two class 6E1 Locomotives leaving the yard area,Heading to Sasolburg yard to collect a train of feul.

After a change in direction at Hennenman on the Free State main line, as well as a switch from diesel to electric traction, Transnet's Phelophepa 1 health care train is seen crossing the Sand Rive... (more)

A class 6E1 Bo-Bo 3kV electric in original South African Railways red livery, hauls a "pick-up" (wayside) freight northwards across the Vaal River at Fourteen Streams. The 2nd and 4th wagons are c... (more)

Semaphore signals continue to be operational at four stations on the Free State main line. At the south end of Rooiwal station, a pair of 6E1's wearing the orange livery of their previous owner (S... (more)

The afternoon light is barely breaking through the clouds overhead as the Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth "Algoa" heads south through Wolwehoek station on the Free State main line, led by 6E1 E1659... (more)

Shosholoza Meyl's "Amatola" from East London to Johannesburg is running on time this morning, crossing the Blomspruit (flower creek) bridge just south of the entrance to Gunhill yard, which it wil... (more)