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South African Class 33-000
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Electric· from 1965· model of 65 South African diesel-electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 33-000 33-025: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 33-000 33-030: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 33-000 SCTP 1434: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 33-000 33-007: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 33-000 33-014 ID: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 33-000 33-030: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 33-000 33-001: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. SAR Class 33-000 33-002: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 33-000 33-006: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Class 33 GE U20C 33-007 12th September 2008 (7866324590): Bob Adams from George, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 33-000 of 1965 was a diesel-electric locomotive. In 1965 and 1966, the South African Railways placed sixty-five Class 33-000 General Electric type U20C 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1966
- in service from
- 1965
- number built
- 65
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Electric
- designer
- General Electric
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Compagnie minière de l'Ogooué, rail transport in Sudan, Zambia Railways, TransNamib, Office national des transports, 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
- Bosvark
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q7565505, Wikipedia: South African Class 33-000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.