Willows Farm Crossing in Umlaas Road and 18-246 is at the head of this "Python" (65 x C Type Wagons) with a load of coal for Cato Ridge from Northern KwaZulu Natal. These "Pythons&... (more)

The double track Durban - Johannesburg main line crosses the Drakensberg mountains from kwaZulu-Natal into Mpumalanga province by way of the Majuba pass, over a distance of 37 km (23 miles). The r... (more)

Unsettled weather and the promise of some snow in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands, which unfortunately did not materialise. 18-035 is seen here climbing the hill out of Lions River up towards Tweedie w... (more)

A lovely spring afternoon and 18-294 is heading this empty "Python" (65 x C Type Wagons) through Nottingham Road in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. The train originated in Cato Ridge and is bound for... (more)

Cows graze as 5 Class 18E's pulling one of their 65 truck Python trains passes by, on the way to Nottingham Road.

18-603 heads this "Python", a load of 65 X C Type Wagons, used for either manganese or coal loads - in this case these are empties, through Umlaas Road. These "Pythons" are the biggest trains wor... (more)

The biggest train on the Natal Main Line, known as the "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons, which are used to transport coal / manganese. This train is a regular and is always headed by five Class 18E uni... (more)

18-673, a Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, is in charge of this "Python" - a load of 65 X CAR Wagons (Ore / Coal), in this case these are empties, and has just completed the tight righthand swing un... (more)

18-768, one of the latest Class 18E locomotives to be added to the Transnet fleet, is looking really smart in her new red Transnet Freight Rail livery in the morning sun, as she exits the Umlaas R... (more)

18-126 in her partly refreshed "blue" Spoornet livery and four Transnet Freight Rail "reds" climb up the hill out of Lions River towards Tweedie in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a heavy load of ... (more)

18-646 is in charge of this empty "Python" - 65 X CAR (Ore) Wagons, seen here crossing the Pentrich Viaduct in Pietermaritzburg en-route to Newcastle.

On a nice bright winter afternoon, 18-126, together with the help of an additional four 18E units in red Transnet Freight Rail livery, cautiously bring a fully loaded "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons (C... (more)

18-349 in the old Blue Spoornet livery, working together with four additional Class 18Es in red Transnet Freight Rail livery and en-route to Durban, pass by the graves of some British soldiers who... (more)

Not often we get to see five Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) red liveried 18Es working a train together in KZN - the Umbilo Locomotive Depot, where the units originate from are not big on colour codin... (more)

The opportunities for snow and particularly train photos in the snow, are pretty rare in Kwazulu Natal. Here is 18-126 at the front of a "Python" - 65 X CAR Wagons (Coal) passing through Balgowan... (more)