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South African Class DS1
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by AEG· from 1939· class of 1 South African 0-6-0de locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class DS1 D138 (D514): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. SAR Class DS1 D514: User:Les Pivnic· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class DS1 of 1939 was a diesel-electric locomotive. The second diesel-electric locomotive on the South African Railways was a single Class DS1 AEG diesel-electric shunting locomotive which was placed in service in 1939. Two of these locomotives were delivered to South Africa, one for the Railways and another for the Electricity Supply Commission.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Served for 21 years (1939–1960).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- AEG
- designer
- Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
- operators
- Eskom, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- 198 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 6w
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565608, Wikipedia: South African Class DS1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.