Traction and rolling stock

Transnet tests diesel and electric locos

By 2015-11-25T07:00:00

Four Transnet Class 44 diesel-electric locomotives return to Pretoria from Polokwane on a testing and training trip on November 11 (Photo: Bruce Evans).

SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet Freight Rail has taken delivery of the first of 233 Class 44 diesel locomotives ordered from General Electric in March 2014. The order was one of four placed at the time for a total of 1 064 locomotives.

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