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South African Class 33-200
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1966· class of 20 South African diesel electric locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 33-200 33-212 & 33-023: User:Les Pivnic· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 33-200 33-203: User:Nico van der Westhuis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 33-200 33-215: User:Nico van der Westhuis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 33-200: South African Railways official publication· Public domain
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 33-200 of 1966 was a diesel-electric locomotive. Between October 1966 and May 1967 the South African Railways placed twenty Class 33-200 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GL26MC diesel-electric locomotives in service.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1966–2000).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1967
- in service from
- 1966
- retired
- 2000
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- designer
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Sheltam, rail transport in Sudan, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 94.5 t
- nicknames
- Brommer
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q7565506, Wikipedia: South African Class 33-200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.