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South African Class 39-200

🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Transwerk· from 2009· class of 50 South African diesel locomotives

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Class 39-200 39-242: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Class 39-200 39-246: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. SAR Class 39-200 39-219: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. SAR Class 39-200 39-224: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. SAR Class 39-200 39-201: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. SAR Class 39-200 39-203: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. SAR Class 39-200 39-205: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. SAR Class 39-200 39-207: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. SAR Class 39-200 39-209: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. SAR Class 39-200 39-211: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
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South African Class 39-200, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Transnet Freight Rail Class 39-200 of 2009 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive. Near the end of 2009, the first of fifty Class 39-200 Electro-Motive Diesel type GT26CU-3 diesel-electric locomotives were placed in service by Transnet Freight Rail. The locomotives were built new after an earlier project to rebuild older locomotives to Class 39-000 locomotives was aborted.

who runs it

Transnet Freight Rail

base stats

  • built 50made in total

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 17 years ago, in 2009.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
2009–2010
in service from
2009
number built
50
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇿🇦 South Africa
builders
Transwerk
designer
Electro-Motive Diesel
operators
Transnet Freight Rail
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
Co'Co'

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7565525, Wikipedia: South African Class 39-200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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