Between June 1975 and 1981 the South Afrmcan Railways placed one hundred and twenty-four Class 36-000 GE SG10B diesel-electric locomotives in service, numbered in the range from 36-001 to 36-124. Designed by General Electric, they were built in three b`tches by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl). The first one hundred locomotives were delivered by September 197:, followed in 1981 by two batches of twenty and four locomotives respectively.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 36-000. |