| Title: |
SAR Class 37-000 37-045 |
| 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: |
12/9/2011 Upload Date: 1/20/2012 5:33:41 PM |
| Location: |
Umkomaas, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 37-045(GT26M2C) |
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