This list shows past and current rail transport locomotive classes used in South Africa. It includes locomotives from all original operators: Cape Government Railways (CGR) Cape Town Railway and Dock (CTR&D) Central South African Railways (CSAR) Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika (DSWA) Imperial Military Railways (IMR) Kowie Railway Metropolitan & Suburban Railway (M&S) Namaqualand Railway (CCC & NCC) Natal Government Railways (NGR) Natal Railway Company (NRC) Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) New Cape Central Railway (NCCR) Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen (OVGS) Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway (PPR) South African Railways (SAR) Spoornet Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) Zululand Railway Company
Steam locomotives Class or ConfigurationWhyte notationGaugeFirst Run Standard1859 Standard1860 Standard1864 Cape1873 Cape1874 Standard1878 Cape1881 Cape1881 Cape1902 Cape1876 Cape1900 Cape1902 Cape1875 Cape1876 Cape1876 Cape1876 Cape1879 Cape1891 Cape1876 Cape1879 Cape1875 Cape1881 Cape1875 Cape1882 Cape1900 Cape1883 Cape1884 Cape1889 Cape1898 Cape1901 Cape1903 Cape1897 Cape1880 Cape1882 Cape1882 Cape1884 Cape1890 Cape1891 Cape1876 Cape1903 Cape1906 Narrow1903 Narrow1903 Narrow1908 Narrow1902 Narrow1902 Cape1900 Cape1901 Cape1905 Cape1907 Cape1902 Cape1901 Cape1879 Cape1904 Brunel1873 Cape1882 Cape1882 Cape1896 Namaqualand1886 Namaqualand1904 Namaqualand1901 Namaqualand1905 Namaqualand1871 Namaqualand1890 Namaqualand1900 Standard1865 Standard1860 Standard1876 Cape1877 Cape1888 Cape1902 Cape1901 Cape1891 Cape1880 Cape1877 Narrow1906 Cape1889 Cape1889 Cape1889 Cape1890 Cape1891 Cape1894 Cape1892 Cape1894 Cape1896 Cape1887 Cape1911 Cape1911 Cape1911 Cape1907 Otavi1904 Otavi1905 Otavi1907 Otavi1912 Otavi1904 Otavi1898 Brunel1881 Brunel1874 Brunel1879 Namaqualand1899 Cape1929 Cape1903 Cape1909 Cape1888 Cape1893 Cape1879 Cape1901 Cape1896 Cape1898 Cape1902 Cape1904 Cape1904 Cape1899 Cape1903 Cape1909 Cape1915 Cape1917 Cape1904 Cape1910 ex 4-8-0 Cape1906 Cape1905 Cape1910 Cape1909 Cape1910 Cape1912 Cape1911 Cape1913 Cape1912 Cape1903 Cape1904 Cape1893 Cape1896 Cape1897 Cape1896 Cape1898 Cape1898 Cape1900 Cape1901 Cape1901 Cape1902 Cape1901 Cape1904 Cape1903 Cape1901 Cape1892 Cape1896 Cape1900 Cape1902 Cape1899 Cape1899 Cape1913 Cape1902 Cape1902 Cape1903 Cape1903 Cape1903 Cape1903 Cape1904 Cape1930 Cape1901 Cape1903 Cape1904 Cape1904 Cape1904 Cape1910 Cape1910 Cape1910 Cape1910 Cape1904 Cape1912 Cape1919 Cape1920 Cape1904 Cape1913 Cape1914 Cape1915 Cape1918 Cape1919 Cape1919 Cape1922 Cape1914 Cape1914 Cape1918 Cape1925 Cape1926 Cape1935 Cape1938 Cape1914 Cape1915 Cape1917 Cape1919 Cape1925 Cape1928 Cape1930 Cape1935 Cape1926 Cape1927 Cape1928 Cape1929 Cape1930 Cape1935 Cape1937 Cape1935 Cape1937 Cape1938 Cape1949 Cape1953 Cape1953 Cape1981 Cape1907 Cape1902 Cape1903 Cape1903 Cape1906 Cape1906 Cape1917 Cape1929 Cape1947 Cape1952 Cape1909 Cape1910 Cape1912 Cape1914 Cape1910 Cape1912 Cape1911 Cape1911 Cape1915 Cape1914 Cape1918 Cape1925 Cape1926 Cape1927 Cape1904 Cape1921 Cape1921 Cape1924 Cape1927 Cape1925 Cape1929 Cape1925 Cape1946 Cape1927 Cape1925 Cape1928 Cape1923 Cape1929 Cape1938 Cape1954 Cape1954 Cape1927 Narrow1899 Narrow1923 Otavi1900 Otavi1897 Narrow1907 Narrow1911 Otavi1922 Narrow1895 Narrow1902 Narrow1904 Narrow1915 Narrow1916 Narrow1919 Narrow1927 Narrow1927 Narrow1931 Narrow1931 Narrow1937 Narrow1989
Electric locomotives ClassImperial classification Type & Voltage First RunBo+BoSAR 3 kV DC1936BoEE 235 V DC1924Bo-BoSAR 25 kV AC1978Bo+BoMV 3 kV DC1925Bo+BoHenschel 3 kV DC1937Co+CoMV 3 kV DC19471Co+Co1GEC 3 kV DC1952Bo-BoEE 3 kV DC1955Bo-BoEE 3 kV DC1957Bo-BoEE 3 kV DC1958Bo-BoMV 3 kV DC1959Bo-BoMV 3 kV DC1963Bo-BoMV 3 kV DC1964Bo-BoMV 3 kV DC1965Bo-BoMV 3 kV DC1966Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1970Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1969Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1971Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1971Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1973Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1974Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1975Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1977Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1979Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1981Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1982Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1984Co-Co50 c/s Group 25 kV AC1978Co-CoHitachi 25 kV AC1980Co-Co50 c/s Group 25 kV AC1982Co-Co50 c/s Group 25 kV AC1983Co-CoHitachi 25 kV AC1983Co-CoHitachi 25 kV AC1984Co-CoHitachi 25 kV AC2000Bo-BoBBC-Siemens 3 kV DC1983Co-CoGEC 50 kV AC1978Co-CoGEC 50 kV AC1982Co-CoToshiba 3 kV DC1985Co-CoGEC 3 kV DC1987Co-CoGEC 3 kV DC1990Co-CoToshiba 3 kV DC1989Co-CoGM GM5FC 25 kV AC1985Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1983Bo-Bo50 c/s Group 3 kV DC/25 kV AC1991Bo-Bo50 c/s Group 3 kV DC/25 kV AC1994Co-CoMitsui-Toshiba 50 kV AC2010Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1990Bo-BoUCW 3 kV DC1993Bo-BoTranswerk 3 kV DC2000Bo-BoTRE 3 kV DC2010Bo-BoMitsui-Toshiba 3 kV DC/25 kV AC2009Bo-BoCSR ZELC 3 kV DC/25 kV AC2013 Bo-BoCSR ZELC 3 kV DC/25 kV AC2014 Co-CoCSR ZELC 3 kV DC/25 kV AC2015 Co-CoBombardier Transportation Inc. 3 kV DC/25 kV AC2017 Bo-BoConsortium 3 kV DC1993
Gas-electric, Diesel-electric, Diesel-hydraulic & Electro-diesel locomotives Class Imperial classification Type First Run Total producedA1-1ASAR GE119231Bo-BoAEG19391CoAEG19392Bo+BoGE U12B1958481Co+Co1GE U18C119591151Co+Co1GE U20C1196610Co+CoGE U20C196565Co+CoGM-EMD GL26MC196620Co+CoGE U20C1968115Co+CoGE U26C1971125Co+CoGM-EMD GT26MC197150Co+CoGE U26C1973100Co-CoGE U26C197446Co+CoGM-EMD GT26MC1974100Co+CoGM-EMD GT26MC197859Co+CoGE U26C197930Co+CoGE U15C197270Co+CoGM-EMD GT18MC1974151Co+CoGE U15C1976100Co+CoGM-EMD GT18MC1976101Co-CoGM-EMD GL26C-2198214Bo+BoGE SG10B1975124Bo+BoGM-EMD SW10021980107Co+CoGM-EMD GT26M2C1981100Bo-BoConsortium 3 kV DC199250Co+CoEMD GT26CU-320065Co+CoEMD GT26CU-3201050Co+CoGE C30Aci2011203Co-CoGE ES40ACi2015233Co-CoChina CNR2015359B-BHenschel DH-142019587Bo-BoGE UM6B197320Co-CoVossloh España Afro4000201420
See also Rail transport and locomotives in South Africa
South African locomotive history Rail transport in South Africa South African locomotive numbering and classification
Preservation
Outeniqua Transport Museum Sandstone Estates Umgeni Steam Railway Rovos Rail
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