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South African Class 36-000
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by South African General Electric – Dorman Long Locomotive Group· from 1975· class of South African diesel locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 36-000 36-013 Rugby: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 36-000 36-027 b: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 36-000 36-001 2: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 36-000 36-025 BP: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 36-000 36-052: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 36-000 36-069: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 36-000 36-001 1: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. SAR Class 36-000 36-003 1: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 36-000 36-004 1: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 36-000 36-008: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 36-000 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Between June 1975 and 1981, the South African Railways placed 124 Class 36-000 General Electric type SG10B 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 51 years ago, in 1975.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1975–1981
- in service from
- 1975
- number built
- 124
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- South African General Electric – Dorman Long Locomotive Group
- designer
- General Electric
- 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
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 73 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565520, Wikipedia: South African Class 36-000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.