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South African Class 34-200
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1971· class of 50 South African diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 34-200 34-227: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 34-200 34-209: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 34-200 34-226: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 34-200 34-213: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Class 34-200 34-213: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 34-200 34-215: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 34-200 34-216: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. SAR Class 34-200 34-222: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 34-200 34-224: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 34-200 34-232: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 34-200 of 1971 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Between October 1971 and March 1972, the South African Railways placed fifty Class 34-200 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GT26MC 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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1971–1972
- in service from
- 1971
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Diesel Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- designer
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Sheltam, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 113 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565509, Wikipedia: South African Class 34-200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.