Spoornet Alass 39-000 39-005         
In 2005 Transwerk commenced a project at its Bloemfontein shops of rebuilding one hundred existing Class 34-600 and 34-800 EMD GT26MC and Class 37-000 EMD GT26M2C locomotives to'new Class 39-000 EMD GT26CU-3 locomotives for Spoornet. Only five were eventually rebuilt and placed in service between April 2006 and 2009, numbered in the range from 39-001 to 39-005.
No. 39Ð005 was rebuilt from Class 34-800 no. 34-829.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 39-000.
Date: 5/7/2013 Location: Pyramid South, Pr  Country Flag Views: 597 Collection Of:   Col André Kritzinger
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Spoornet Alass 39-000 39-005
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