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SAR Class 35-200 35-207 |
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Between November 1974 and August 1976 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 35-200 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, the first twenty-five were built by EMD and imported in 1974. The remainder were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 1975 and 1976. One was also built for AECI in Modderfontein, Johannesburg in 1975.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-200. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2010 Upload Date: 7/9/2010 4:55:11 PM |
| Location: |
Ashburton, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-207(GT18MC) |
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SAR Class 35-600 35-670 |
| Description: |
Between September 1976 and June 1978 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, they were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth, numbered in the ranges 35-601 to 35-650 and 35-651 to 35-700. A single Class 35-600 GT18MC locomotive was also built new in 1977 for Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-600. |
| Photo Date: |
7/9/2010 Upload Date: 7/9/2010 5:04:30 PM |
| Location: |
Ashburton, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-670(GT18MC) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spoornet Class 18E 18-270 (Series 1) |
| Description: |
Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 11 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 1 locomotives that were renumbered in the ranges 18-001 to 18-434 and 18-500 to 18-525. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transwerk (later Transnet Rail Engineering and then Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-270 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1843 and commissioned in 2006.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
6/11/2011 Upload Date: 7/5/2013 6:46:39 PM |
| Location: |
Ashburton, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-270(18E) |
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211 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Spoornet Class 18E 18-261 (Series 1) |
| Description: |
Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 11 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 1 locomotives that were renumbered in the ranges 18-001 to 18-434 and 18-500 to 18-525. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transwerk (later Transnet Rail Engineering and then Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-261 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 9 E2015 and commissioned in 2006.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
6/25/2011 Upload Date: 7/5/2013 6:39:31 PM |
| Location: |
Ashburton, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-261(18E) |
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108 Comments: 0 |
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