Title: |
SAR Class 37-000 37-020 |
Description: |
Between May 1981 and 1982 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 37-000 EMD GT26M2C diesel-electric locomotives in service. It is a more powerful version of the EMD Class 34-200, 34-600 and 34-800, designed by Electro-Motive Diesel and built by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth. They were numbered in the range from 37-001 to 37-100. In 2008 one of them, no. 37-010, was rebuilt to Class 39 prototype no. 39-251 that was tested but rejected by Transnet and later reported as sold to RRL. See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 37-000. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/2007 Upload Date: 11/1/2007 5:44:25 PM |
Location: |
Empangeni, ZN, ZN |
Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SAS 37-020(GT26M2C) |
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