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Departure, consist 2 moving into position |
| Description: |
The second train section still has more than a kilometre to go before it will reach the end of the first train section.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 43-000 and South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:43:06 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) SAS 15-019(15E) |
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424 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 moving into position |
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There are two of these footbridges across the two outbound lines in the departure yard, built at the spots where the locomotive consists of the second and third train sections will be located when they are coupled to the first section, so as to enable crews to cross the lines safely to where their minibus transport will pick them up after coupling up.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 43-000 and South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:43:49 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) SAS 15-019(15E) |
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495 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 moving into position |
| Description: |
The second train section is slowly approaching the end of the first section where it is stopped under the first footbridge.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the South African Class 43-000 and South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:44:25 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) SAS 15-019(15E) |
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414 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departure, consist 2 no. 1 43-071 |
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The leading locomotive in the second consist, Class 43-000 43-071, which is actually slaved to the Class 15E behind it, leads the second 114-wagon section en route to be coupled to the first consist. The driver is in the cab of the Class 15E, hence the lookout on the back of 43-071.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 43-000. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2013 Upload Date: 2/11/2013 10:41:45 AM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) |
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503 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TFR Class 43-000 43-071 |
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In 2011 the first ten of one hundred and forty-three Class 43-000 type GE C30ACi diesel-electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail were imported from the United States of America, built by GE Transportation Systems and numbered in the range from 43-001 to 43-010. The rest of the locomotives, numbered in the range from 43-011 to 43-143, were built at the Koedoespoort shops of Transnet Rail Engineering between 2011 and 2013. The C30ACi was the first AC diesel electric locomotive to be introduced in sub-Saharan Africa.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 43-000. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/2014 Upload Date: 2/12/2013 4:17:53 PM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 43-071(Unknown) |
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909 Comments: 0 |
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