South African Class 45-000
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Locomotive class
Power typeDiesel-electric
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderTransnet Engineering
Build date2017-
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The Transnet Freight Rail Class 45-000 of 2015 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive.
The acquisition of the Class 45-000 forms part of the largest-ever locomotive supply contract in South African history and the single-biggest investment initiative by a South African corporation. It consists of contracts for the construction of 1,064 locomotives by four global original equipment manufacturers:[1][2][3]
- General Electric South Africa Technologies (a unit of the U.S.-based GE Transportation) for 233 Class 44-000 diesel-electric locomotives.[1]
- CNR Rolling Stock South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. for 232 Class 45-000 diesel-electric locomotives.[1]
- CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company for 359 Class 22E dual-voltage electric locomotives.[1]
- Bombardier Transportation South Africa for 240 Class 23E dual-voltage electric locomotives.[1]
Illustration
All the Class 45-000 locomotives were delivered in red TFR livery.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 RailwayAge, 17 Mar 2014: Transnet: 1,064 locomotives, $5 billion (Accessed 23 Nov 2015)
- ↑ Railway Gazette, 4 Dec 2014: Transnet seals MoU with CSR Zhuzhou (Accessed 6 Feb 2016)
- ↑ Railway Gazette, 17 Mar 2014: South Africa's 'largest ever' locomotive order awarded to four suppliers Archived 17 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 6 Feb 2016)
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