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Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet.It was part of the South African Railways and Harbours Administration, a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely referred to by the initials SAR&H (SAS&H in Afrikaans).
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
The Spoornet Class 39-000 of 2006 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive from the Spoornet era. In 2005, Transwerk commenced a project of rebuilding one hundred existing locomotives to new Class 39-000 Electro-Motive Diesel type GT26CU-3 locomotives for Spoornet. Only five were eventually rebuilt and placed in service between April 2006 ...
The rail network of South Africa. Two public companies operate freight and commuter services: Transnet Freight Rail and PRASA, respectively.Transnet Freight Rail is the largest division of Transnet, a State-Owned Company (SOC) wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the custodian of rail, ports, and pipelines.
The South African Railways and Harbours was later renamed the South African Transport Services. [ 1 ] On 1 April 1990, Transnet was created to take over most of the operations of the SATS, with the exception of commuter rail which was transferred to the newly formed South African Rail Commuter Corporation (SARCC).
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 18E, Series 2 of 2009 is a South African electric locomotive. In 2000, Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild Class 6E1, Series 6 to 11 locomotives to Class 18E, Series 1 locomotives.
All South African diesel-electric locomotives have their side handrails mounted along the upper edges of their long hoods. The ex Iscor Class 34-500s, however, came equipped with additional removable running board-mounted handrails. Since these handrails are slide-fit into brackets welded onto the running board, they are easily removed. [1] [5]
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 39-200 of 2009 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive. Near the end of 2009, the first of fifty Class 39-200 Electro-Motive Diesel type GT26CU-3 diesel-electric locomotives were placed in service by Transnet Freight Rail .