Between July 1971 and March 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-fjve Class 34-000 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by General Electric, the first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built in South Africa by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 to 34-125. See also the Wikipedia article on the South Afric`n Class 34-000. |