List of South African locomotive classes

This list shows past and current rail transport locomotive classes used in South Africa. It includes locomotives from all original operators:

Contents

Steam locomotives

See also: Steam locomotive
Class
 Wheel
arr.		 Manufacturers
 First
run
"Blackie" 0-4-2WT Hawthorn 1859
"Natal" 0-4-0WT Carrett, Marshall 1860
Class A 4-8-2T Dübs * SAR 1888
Class B 0-6-4T Esslingen * Werkspoor 1893
Class C 4-6-0T Kitson * Stephenson 1879
Class C1 4-6-2T Kitson * NGR * SAR 1901
Class C2 4-6-4T Stephenson * NGR 1896
Class D 2-6-4T BP 1897
Class E 4-6-4T Neilson Reid 1902
Class Exp 1 4-6-2 NBL 1907
Class Exp 2 2-8-0 ALCO 1902
Class Exp 3 2-8-0 ALCO 1903
Class Exp 4 2-8-2 Kitson 1903
Class Exp 5 2-8-2 Kitson 1906
Class Exp 6 4-8-0 Kitson 1906
Class F 4-6-4T Vulcan 1904
Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2 NBL 1924
Class FD 2-6-2+2-6-2 NBL 1926
Class G 4-8-2T NBL 1904
Class GA 2-6-0+0-6-2 BP 1921
Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2 BP 1921
Class GC 2-6-2+2-6-2 BP 1924
Class GCA 2-6-2+2-6-2 Krupp 1927
Class GD 2-6-2+2-6-2 BP 1925
Class GDA 2-6-2+2-6-2 Linke-Hofmann 1929
Class GE 2-8-2+2-8-2 BP 1925
Class GEA 4-8-2+2-8-4 BP 1946
Class GF 4-6-2+2-6-4 Hanomag * Henschel * Maffei 1927
Class GG 2-6-2+2-6-2 BP 1925
Class GH 4-6-2+2-6-4 Maffei 1928
Class GK 2-6-2+2-6-2 BP 1923
Class GL 4-8-2+2-8-4 BP 1929
Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4 BP 1938
Class GMA & GMAM 4-8-2+2-8-4 Henschel * BP * NBL 1954
Class GO 4-8-2+2-8-4 Henschel 1954
Class H 4-10-2T Dübs * NBL 1899
Class H1 4-8-2T Dübs * Neilson Reid * CSAR 1902
Class H2 4-8-2T Dübs 1901
Class HF 2-8-2+2-8-2 Henschel 1927
Class J 4-6-4T Nasmyth 1915
Class K 4-6-4T NBL 1917
Class KM 0-6-0+0-6-0 Kitson 1903
Class MA 2-6-6-0 ALCO 1909
Class MB 2-6-6-0 ALCO 1910
Class MC 2-6-6-0 NBL 1912
Class MC1 2-6-6-0 NBL 1914
Class MD 2-6-6-2 ALCO 1910
Class ME 2-6-6-2 NBL 1912
Class MF 2-6-6-2 ALCO 1911
Class MG 2-6-6-2 ALCO 1911
Class MH 2-6-6-2 NBL 1915
Class MJ 2-6-6-0 Maffei * NBL 1914
Class MJ1 2-6-6-0 Montreal 1918
Class S 0-8-0 Henschel 1929
Class S1 0-8-0 SAR * NBL 1947
Class S2 0-8-0 Krupp 1952
Class U 2-6-2+2-6-2 Maffei 1927
Class 1 4-8-0 NBL 1904
Class 1A 4-8-0 NBL 1910
Class 1B & 1 4-8-2 & 4-8-0 NBL 1904
Class 2 4-6-2 NBL 1905
Class 2C 4-6-2 NGR 1910
Class 3 & 3R 4-8-2 NBL 1909
Class 3A 4-8-2 ALCO 1910
Class 3B & 3BR 4-8-2 NBL 1912
Class 4 4-8-2 NBL 1911
Class 4A & 4AR 4-8-2 NBL 1913
Class 5 & 5R 4-6-2 Vulcan 1912
Class 5A 4-6-2 Kitson 1903
Class 5B & 5BR 4-6-2 BP 1904
Class 6 4-6-0 Dübs 1893
Class 6A 4-6-0 Dübs * Sharp Stewart 1896
Class 6B 4-6-0 Dübs * Neilson * Neilson Reid 1897
Class 6C 4-6-0 Dübs * Sharp Stewart * Neilson 1896
Class 6D 4-6-0 Neilson Reid 1898
Class 6E 4-6-0 Sharp Stewart 1898
Class 6F 4-6-0 Sharp Stewart 1900
Class 6G 4-6-0 Schenectady 1901
Class 6H 4-6-0 Neilson Reid 1901
Class 6J 4-6-0 Neilson Reid 1902
Class 6K 4-6-0 Baldwin 1901
Class 6L 4-6-0 NBL 1904
Class 6Y 2-6-2 Kitson 1903
Class 6Z 2-6-4 Neilson Reid 1901
Class 7 4-8-0 Dübs * Neilson 1892
Class 7A & 7AS 4-8-0 Sharp Stewart * Dübs * Neilson 1896
Class 7B 4-8-0 Neilson Reid 1900
Class 7C & 7CS 4-8-0 Neilson Reid 1902
Class 7D 4-8-0 Neilson Reid 1899
Class 7E 4-8-0 Neilson Reid * NBL 1899
Class 7F 4-8-0 NBL 1913
Class 8 & 8W 4-8-0 Neilson Reid 1902
Class 8A & 8AW 4-8-0 Neilson Reid * Sharp Stewart 1902
Class 8B & 8BW 4-8-0 Neilson Reid * NBL 1903
Class 8C & 8CW 4-8-0 NBL 1903
Class 8D & 8DW 4-8-0 Neilson Reid * NBL 1903
Class 8E 4-8-0 Neilson Reid 1903
Class 8F & 8FW 4-8-0 NBL 1904
Class 8X & 8R 2-8-0 & 4-8-0 Schenectady * ALCO * SAR 1901
Class 8Y 2-8-0 Kitson 1903
Class 8Z 2-8-0 NBL 1904
Class 9 4-6-2 Vulcan 1904
Class 10 4-6-2 NBL 1904
Class 10A & 10BR 4-6-2 NBL 1910
Class 10B & 10BR 4-6-2 NBL * BP 1910
Class 10C & 10CR 4-6-2 NBL 1910
Class 10D 4-6-2 ALCO 1910
Class 11 2-8-2 NBL 1904
Class 12 & 12R 4-8-2 NBL * BP 1912
Class 12A & 12AR 4-8-2 NBL * Henschel 1919
Class 12B & 12R 4-8-2 Baldwin 1920
Class 13 4-8-0T+T Dübs * Neilson Reid * CSAR 1905
Class 14 & 14R 4-8-2 Stephenson 1913
Class 14A & 14R 4-8-2 NBL 1914
Class 14B, 14 & 14R 4-8-2 BP 1915
Class 14C & CR, 14CM & CRM, 14CB & CRB 4-8-2 Montreal 1918
Class 15 & 15AR 4-8-2 NBL 1914
Class 15A & 15AR 4-8-2 NBL * BP * Maffei 1914
Class 15B & 15BR 4-8-2 Montreal 1918
Class 15C & 15CB 4-8-2 Baldwin 1925
Class 15CA 4-8-2 ALCO * Baldwin * Breda * NBL 1926
Class 15E 4-8-2 Berliner * Henschel * RSH 1935
Class 15F 4-8-2 Berliner * Henschel * NBL * BP 1938
Class 16 & 16R 4-6-2 NBL 1914
Class 16A 4-6-2 NBL 1915
Class 16B & 16CR 4-6-2 NBL 1917
Class 16C & 16CR 4-6-2 NBL 1919
Class 16D 4-6-2 Baldwin 1925
Class 16DA 4-6-2 Baldwin * Hohenzollern * Henschel 1928
Class 16E 4-6-2 Henschel 1935
Class 17 4-8-0T+T Dübs * SAR 1926
Class 18 2-10-2 Henschel 1927
Class 19 & 19R 4-8-2 Berliner 1928
Class 19A & 19AR 4-8-2 SLM 1929
Class 19B & 19BR 4-8-2 Berliner 1930
Class 19C 4-8-2 NBL 1935
Class 19D 4-8-2 Krupp * Borsig * Škoda * RSH * NBL 1937
Class 20 2-10-2 SAR 1935
Class 21 2-10-4 NBL 1937
Class 23 4-8-2 Berliner * Henschel 1938
Class 24 2-8-4 NBL 1949
Class 25 & 25NC 4-8-4 NBL * Henschel 1953
Class 25NC 4-8-4 Henschel * NBL 1953
Class 26 4-8-4 Henschel * SAR 1981
Class Zwillinge 0-6-0T Jung * Breslau * Egestorf * Henschel * Krauss * Schwartzkopff 1898
Class Hd & NG5 2-8-2 Henschel 1912
Class NG1 0-4-0T Kerr Stuart 1900
Class NG2 0-4-2T Dickson 1897
Class NG3 4-6-2T Hawthorn Leslie 1907
Class NG4 4-6-2T Kerr Stuart 1911
Class NG5 2-8-2 Henschel 1922
Class NG6 4-4-0 Falcon * Glasgow 1895
Class NG7 2-6-0 Baldwin 1902
Class NG8 4-6-0 Bagnall * Kerr Stuart 1903
Class NG9 4-6-0 Baldwin 1915
Class NG10 4-6-2 Baldwin 1916
Class NG G11 2-6-0+0-6-2 BP 1919
Class NG G12 2-6-2+2-6-2 Franco-Belge * BP 1927
Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2 Hanomag 1927
Class NG G14 2-6-2+2-6-2 Hanomag 1931
Class NG15 2-8-2 Henschel * Franco-Belge 1931
Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Cockerill * BP * Hunslet-Taylor 1937
Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2 BP * Hunslet-Taylor * ACR 1989

Diesel-electric locomotives

See also: Diesel-electric locomotive
Class Wheel
Arrangement		 Manufacturer
 Manufacturer’s
Type		 Year First
Run
Class 31-000 Bo-Bo General Electric U12B 1958
Class 32-000 1Co+Co1 General Electric U18C1 1959
Class 32-200 1Co+Co1 General Electric U20C1 1966
Class 33-000 Co+Co General Electric U20C 1965
Class 33-200 Co+Co GM-EMD GL26MC 1966
Class 33-400 Co+Co General Electric U20C 1968
Class 34-000 Co+Co & Co-Co General Electric GT26MC 1971
Class 34-200 Co+Co GM-EMD U26C 1971
Class 34-400 Co+Co & Co-Co General Electric U26C 1973
Class 34-500 Co-Co General Electric U26C 1974
Class 34-600 Co+Co GM-EMD GT26MC 1974
Class 34-800 Co+Co GM-EMD GT26MC 1978
Class 34-900 Co+Co & Co-Co General Electric U26C 1979
Class 35-000 Co+Co General Electric U15C 1972
Class 35-200 Co+Co GM-EMD GT18MC 1974
Class 35-400 Co+Co General Electric U15C 1976
Class 35-600 Co+Co GM-EMD GT18MC 1976
Class 36-000 Bo-Bo General Electric SG10B 1975
Class 36-200 Bo-Bo GM-EMD SW1002 1980
Class 37-000 Co+Co GM-EMD GT26M2C 1981
Class 39-000 Co+Co EMD GT26CU-3 2006
Class 39-200 Co+Co EMD GT26CU-3 2010
Class 43-000 Co+Co General Electric C30Aci 2011
Class 91-000 Bo-Bo General Electric UM6B 1973
Class DS
Class DS1

Diesel-hydraulic locomotives

See also: Diesel-hydraulic locomotive

Electro-diesel locomotives

See also: Electro-diesel locomotive

Electric locomotives

See also: Electric locomotive
Class
 Wheel
arr		 Builder
 Voltage
 Year first
run		 Image
Class 1E & 1ES Bo+Bo Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Metropolitan-Vickers
Werkspoor
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns		 3kV DC 1925
Class 2E Bo+Bo Henschel
Siemens		 3kV DC 1937
Class 3E Co+Co Metropolitan-Vickers 3kV DC 1947
Class 4E 1Co+Co1 General Electric Company
North British		 3kV DC 1952
Class 5E, Series 1 Bo-Bo English Electric 3kV DC 1955
Class 5E, Series 2 Bo-Bo English Electric
Vulcan		 3kV DC 1957
Class 5E, Series 3 Bo-Bo English Electric
Vulcan		 3kV DC 1958
Class 5E1, Series 1 Bo-Bo Metropolitan-Vickers 3kV DC 1959
Class 5E1, Series 2 Bo-Bo Metropolitan-Vickers
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1963
Class 5E1, Series 3 Bo-Bo Metropolitan-Vickers
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1964
Class 5E1, Series 4 Bo-Bo Metropolitan-Vickers
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1965
Class 5E1, Series 5 Bo-Bo Metropolitan-Vickers
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1966
Class 6E Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1970
Class 6E1, Series 1 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1969
Class 6E1, Series 2 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1971
Class 6E1, Series 3 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1971
Class 6E1, Series 4 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1973
Class 6E1, Series 5 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1974
Class 6E1, Series 6 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1975
Class 6E1, Series 7 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1977
Class 6E1, Series 8 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1979
Class 6E1, Series 9 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1981
Class 6E1, Series 10 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1982
Class 6E1, Series 11 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1984
Class 7E Co-Co 50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1978
Class 7E1 Co-Co Hitachi
Dorbyl		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1980
Class 7E2, Series 1 Co-Co 50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1982
Class 7E2, Series 2 Co-Co 50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1983
Class 7E3, Series 1 Co-Co Hitachi
Dorbyl		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1983
Class 7E3, Series 2 Co-Co Hitachi
Dorbyl		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1984
Class 7E4 Co-Co Hitachi
Dorbyl		 25kV AC, 50Hz 2000
Class 8E Bo-Bo BBC-Siemens
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1983
Class 9E, Series 1 Co-Co General Electric Company
Union Carriage & Wagon		 50kV AC, 50Hz 1978
Class 9E, Series 2 Co-Co General Electric Company
Union Carriage & Wagon		 50kV AC, 50Hz 1982
Class 10E Co-Co Toshiba
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1985
Class 10E1, Series 1 Co-Co General Electric Company
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1987
Class 10E1, Series 2 Co-Co General Electric Company
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1990
Class 10E2 Co-Co Toshiba
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC 1989
Class 11E Co-Co General Motors
General Motors South Africa
Delta		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1985
Class 12E Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1983
Class 14E Bo-Bo 50 C/S Group
Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works		 3kV DC/25kV AC 1991
Class 14E1 Bo-Bo 50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon		 3kV DC/25kV AC 1994
Class 15E Co-Co Mitsui
Toshiba
Union Carriage & Wagon		 50kV AC 50Hz 2010
Class 16E Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon
Spoornet		 3kV DC 1990
Class 17E Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon
Spoornet		 3kV DC 1993
Class 18E, Series 1 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon
Transwerk
Transnet Rail Engineering		 3kV DC 2000
Class 18E, Series 2 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon
Transnet Rail Engineering		 3kV DC 2010
Class 19E Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC/25kV AC 2009
Class E38 Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon 3kV DC 1993
Class ES Bo-Bo Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Metropolitan-Vickers
Werkspoor
South African Railways		 3kV DC 1936
Class Exp AC Bo-Bo Union Carriage & Wagon
Transwerk		 25kV AC, 50Hz 1978

See also