SAR Class 36-200 36-242         
Between 1980 and 1984 the South African Railways placed 101 Class 36-200 EMD SW1002 diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, they were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth and numbered in the range from 36-201 to 36-301. In 1984 one was also built for the Bophuthatswana National Development Corporation, while three were placed in service by Iscor in Pretoria between 1986 and 1991, and another two by the Ithala Development Finance Corporation in KwaZulu-Natal in 1987.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 36-200.
Date: 8/7/2007 Location: Maydon Wharf, Durban, ZN,  ZA Country Flag Views: 273 Collection Of:   Col André Kritzinger
Locomotives: SAS 36-242(SW1002)    Author:  Col André Kritzinger
SAR Class 36-200 36-242
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