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South African Class 35-200
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Motors South Africa· from 1974· class of 150 South African diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 35-200 35-294: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 35-200 35-214: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 35-200 35-341: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 35-200 35-218: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 35-200 35-251: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 35-200 35-201: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 35-200 35-209: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Purple Class 35-200s at Beaconsfield Depot, Kimberley January 2010: Jezmundo· CC0
- 9. SAR Class 35-200 35-226: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 35-200 35-234: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 35-200 of 1974 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Between November 1974 and August 1976, the South African Railways placed 150 Class 35-200 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. In 1975, one more Class 35-200 locomotive was built for AECI in Modderfontein, Johannesburg.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1974–1976
- in service from
- 1974
- number built
- 151
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Motors South Africa, Electro-Motive Diesel
- designer
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division
- operators
- AECI Limted, Transnet Freight Rail, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, Camrail, 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
- 82.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565517, Wikipedia: South African Class 35-200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.