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South African Class 35-600
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by General Motors South Africa· from 1976· class of 101 South African diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 35-600 35-662: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 35-600 35-662: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 35-600 35-671: User:Jaco Marais· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 35-600 35-672: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 35-600 35-622: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 35-600 35-631: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 35-600 35-601: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Class 35-600 35-602: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 35-600 35-603: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 35-600 35-614: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 35-600 of 1976 is a branch line diesel-electric locomotive. Between September 1976 and June 1978, the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 General Motors Electro-Motive Division type GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in branch line service. In 1977, one more Class 35-600 locomotive was built for Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 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
- 1976–1978
- in service from
- 1976
- number built
- 101
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- General Motors South Africa
- designer
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, 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 Q7565519, Wikipedia: South African Class 35-600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.