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South African Class 34-400
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by South African General Electric – Dorman Long Locomotive Group· from 1973· class of 100 South African diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 34-400 34-401: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 34-000 34-059 Tank: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 34-400 34-418: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 34-400 34-497: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 34-000 34-080 FTR: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 34-400 34-402: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 34-400 34-435: User:John Middleton· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. SAR Class 34-400 34-464: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 34-400 34-469: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 34-400 34-406: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 34-400 of 1973 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Between April 1973 and November 1974, the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 General Electric type U26C 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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- 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
- 1973–1974
- in service from
- 1973
- number built
- 100
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- South African General Electric – Dorman Long Locomotive Group
- designer
- General Electric
- operators
- Kenya Railways Corporation, Sasol, Transnet Freight Rail, 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.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q7565510, Wikipedia: South African Class 34-400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.