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Around 1935, the question of purchasing diesel locomotives for the South African Railways (SAR) was seriously considered. Even though South Africa was a coal-rich country with, at the time, the lowest pit-head prices in the world and no oil wells, there were definite advantages in favour of the diesel-electric locomotive.
Durban Harbour Congella: 0-4-0ST: 3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm) Cape: 1902 ... Gas-electric, Diesel-electric, Diesel-hydraulic & Electro-diesel locomotives. Class
The new trains are designated 10M3 (Cape Town), 10M4 (Gauteng) or 10M5 (Durban). [9] [10] The Metrorail services on the Eastern Cape are operated by four diesel trains, each consisting of ten coaches and a diesel locomotive. [11] 280 train sets operate on the system, [1] each able to carry up to 1,800 passengers. [12]
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 43-000 of 2011 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive. In January 2011, Transnet Rail Engineering at Koedoespoort in Pretoria took delivery of the first two of 203 Class 43-000 General Electric type C30ACi diesel-electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail. A further eight were shipped from the United ...
The Class 34-000 type GE U26C diesel-electric locomotive of the South African Railways (SAR) was designed by General Electric (GE). The first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 ...
Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal is a network of commuter rail services in and around the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.It is operated by Metrorail, a division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
The South African Railways Class 32-000 of 1959 was a diesel-electric locomotive.. Between November 1959 and November 1961, the South African Railways placed 115 Class 32-000 General Electric type U18C1 diesel-electric locomotives with a 1Co+Co1 wheel arrangement in service in South West Africa.
The Spoornet Class 38-000 of 1992 is a South African electro-diesel locomotive.. Between 1992 and 1994, Spoornet placed fifty Class 38-000 dual mode locomotives in service. . They are still the only dual powered electro-diesel locomotives in use by Transnet Freight Rail, capable of running either on 3 kV DC electricity off the catenary or on diesel fuel a