South African Class 35-600
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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.[1][2]
Manufacturer
[edit]The Class 35-600 type GT18MC diesel-electric locomotive was designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and built in two batches for the South African Railways (SAR) by General Motors South Africa (GMSA) in Port Elizabeth. Fifty were delivered between September 1976 and May 1977, numbered in the range from 35-601 to 35-650, and another fifty between May 1977 and June 1978, numbered in the range from 35-651 to 35-700.[1][2][3][4]
In addition, another single Class 35-600 GT18MC locomotive was built new in 1977 for Columbus Stainless, a large stainless steel plant which was established in Middelburg, Transvaal in 1965.[1]
Distinguishing features
[edit]Of the GM-EMD Class 35 locomotives, the Class 35-200 and 35-600 are visually indistinguishable from each other.[2]
Service
[edit]The Class 35 family is South Africa's standard branch line diesel-electric locomotive. The GM-EMD Class 35-600s were designed for light rail conditions and they work on most branch lines in the central, eastern, northern and northeastern parts of the country.[3] A number of them also saw service in Richards Bay working the Golela line.
Works numbers
[edit]The Class 35-600 builder's works numbers are listed in the table.[1]
Loco no. |
Works no. |
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35-601 | 103-1 |
35-602 | 103-2 |
35-603 | 103-3 |
35-604 | 103-4 |
35-605 | 103-5 |
35-606 | 103-6 |
35-607 | 103-7 |
35-608 | 103-8 |
35-609 | 103-9 |
35-610 | 103-10 |
35-611 | 103-11 |
35-612 | 103-12 |
35-613 | 103-13 |
35-614 | 103-14 |
35-615 | 103-15 |
35-616 | 103-16 |
35-617 | 103-17 |
35-618 | 103-18 |
35-619 | 103-19 |
35-620 | 103-20 |
35-621 | 103-21 |
35-622 | 103-22 |
35-623 | 103-23 |
35-624 | 103-24 |
35-625 | 103-25 |
35-626 | 103-26 |
35-627 | 103-27 |
35-628 | 103-28 |
35-629 | 103-29 |
35-630 | 103-30 |
35-631 | 103-31 |
35-632 | 103-32 |
35-633 | 103-33 |
35-634 | 103-34 |
35-635 | 103-35 |
35-636 | 103-36 |
35-637 | 103-37 |
35-638 | 103-38 |
35-639 | 103-39 |
35-640 | 103-40 |
35-641 | 103-41 |
35-642 | 103-42 |
35-643 | 103-43 |
35-644 | 103-44 |
35-645 | 103-45 |
35-646 | 103-46 |
35-647 | 103-47 |
35-648 | 103-48 |
35-649 | 103-49 |
35-650 | 103-50 |
35-651 | 110-1 |
35-652 | 110-2 |
35-653 | 110-3 |
35-654 | 110-4 |
35-655 | 110-5 |
35-656 | 110-6 |
35-657 | 110-7 |
35-658 | 110-8 |
35-659 | 110-9 |
35-660 | 110-10 |
35-661 | 110-11 |
35-662 | 110-12 |
35-663 | 110-13 |
35-664 | 110-14 |
35-665 | 110-15 |
35-666 | 110-16 |
35-667 | 110-17 |
35-668 | 110-18 |
35-669 | 110-19 |
35-670 | 110-20 |
35-671 | 110-21 |
35-672 | 110-22 |
35-673 | 110-23 |
35-674 | 110-24 |
35-675 | 110-25 |
35-676 | 110-26 |
35-677 | 110-27 |
35-678 | 110-28 |
35-679 | 110-29 |
35-680 | 110-30 |
35-681 | 110-31 |
35-682 | 110-32 |
35-683 | 110-33 |
35-684 | 110-34 |
35-685 | 110-35 |
35-686 | 110-36 |
35-687 | 110-37 |
35-688 | 110-38 |
35-689 | 110-39 |
35-690 | 110-40 |
35-691 | 110-41 |
35-692 | 110-42 |
35-693 | 110-43 |
35-694 | 110-44 |
35-695 | 110-45 |
35-696 | 110-46 |
35-697 | 110-47 |
35-698 | 110-48 |
35-699 | 110-49 |
35-700 | 110-50 |
Columbus | 111-1 |
Liveries
[edit]The Class 35-600 were all delivered in the SAR Gulf Red livery with signal red buffer beams, yellow side stripes on the long hood sides and a yellow V on each end. In the 1990s many of them began to be repainted in the Spoornet orange livery with a yellow and blue chevron pattern on the buffer beams. Several later received the Spoornet maroon livery. In the late 1990s many were repainted in the Spoornet blue livery with outline numbers on the long hood sides. After 2008 in the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) era, many were repainted in the TFR red, green and yellow livery and at least one was repainted in the PRASA blue livery.[1][5]
Illustration
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Overhead view of no. 35-671 at Mason's Mill, Pietermaritzburg, 8 November 2011
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No. 35-622 in Spoornet maroon livery, Koedoespoort, Pretoria, 30 September 2009
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No. 35-631 in Spoornet blue with outline numbers, Capital Park, 1 October 2009
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No. 35-662 in Transnet Freight Rail livery, Capital Park, 26 September 2015
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No. 35-672 in PRASA's backdrop blue livery, Bloemfontein, 18 September 2015
References
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- ^ a b c d e Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 38, 42–43, 46.
- ^ a b c South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
- ^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 141–142. ISBN 0869772112.
- ^ EMD Exports – South African Railways GT18MC
- ^ Soul of A Railway, System 7, Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg, Part 9. South-Eastwards as far as Volksrust (2nd part) by Les Pivnic. Caption 4. Archived 24 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed on 11 April 2017)