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This list shows past and current rail transport locomotive classes used in South Africa. It includes locomotives from all original operators:
Steam locomotives
Cape Government Railways (CGR)
Central South African Railways (CSAR)
Kowie Railway
Metropolitan & Suburban Railway (M&S)
Namaqualand Railway
Natal Government Railways (NGR)
Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM)
Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway (PPR)
South African Harbours (Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Table Bay)
South African Railways (SAR)
Class |
Whyte notation |
Builders |
First Run |
0-4-0 Saddle-tank |
0-4-0 |
Hudswell Clarke |
1903 |
0-4-0T no. 69 |
0-4-0 |
Orenstein & Koppel |
1909 |
Class A |
4-8-2 |
Dübs * SAR |
1888 |
Class B |
0-6-4 |
Esslingen * Werkspoor |
1893 |
Class C |
4-6-0 |
Kitson * Stephenson |
1879 |
Class C1 |
4-6-2 |
Kitson * NGR * SAR |
1901 |
Class C2 |
4-6-4 |
Stephenson * NGR |
1896 |
Class D |
2-6-4 |
BP |
1897 |
Class E |
4-6-4 |
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 |
4-6-4 |
Vulcan |
1904 |
Class FC |
2-6-2+2-6-2 |
NBL |
1925 |
Class FD |
2-6-2+2-6-2 |
NBL |
1926 |
Class G |
4-8-2 |
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 |
4-10-2 |
Dübs * NBL |
1899 |
Class H1 |
4-8-2 |
Dübs * Neilson, Reid * CSAR |
1903 |
Class H2 |
4-8-2 |
Dübs |
1909 |
Class HF |
2-8-2+2-8-2 |
Henschel |
1927 |
Class J |
4-6-4 |
Nasmyth |
1915 |
Class K |
4-6-4 |
NBL |
1917 |
Class KM |
0-6-0+0-6-0 |
Kitson |
1904 |
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 ex 4-8-0 |
NBL |
1906 |
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 8R |
4-8-0 |
ALCO * SAR |
1901 |
Class 8X |
2-8-0 |
Schenectady * ALCO |
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 |
4-8-0 |
Dübs * Neilson, Reid * CSAR |
1904 |
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, CB, 14CR, CRB 1st |
4-8-2 |
Montreal |
1918 |
Class 14C, CB, 14CR, CRB 2nd |
4-8-2 |
Montreal |
1919 |
Class 14C, CB, 14CR, CRB 3rd |
4-8-2 |
Montreal |
1919 |
Class 14C, CM, 14CR, CRM 4th |
4-8-2 |
Montreal |
1922 |
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 IT * 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 |
4-8-0 |
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 |
Katanga |
2-8-2 |
Porter |
1917 |
Railmotor |
0-4-0+4 |
Clayton |
1929 |
Dutton tractors |
0-2-0 |
SAR |
1923 |
NG 0-4-0T 1899 |
0-4-0 |
Avonside |
1899 |
Class NG1 |
0-4-0 |
Kerr Stuart |
1900 |
Class NG2 |
0-4-2 |
Dickson |
1897 |
Class NG3 |
4-6-2 |
Hawthorn Leslie |
1907 |
Class NG4 |
4-6-2 |
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 |
South African Railways (SAR) - Spoornet - Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) - PRASA
Diesel-electric locomotives
Diesel-hydraulic locomotives
Electro-diesel locomotives
Electric locomotives
Class |
UIC classification |
Builders |
Voltage |
First Run |
Class ES |
Bo'Bo' |
SLM * MV * Werkspoor * SAR |
3kV DC |
1936 |
Class ES1 |
Bo |
EE |
235V DC |
1924 |
Class Exp AC |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW * Transwerk |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1978 |
Class 1E & 1ES |
Bo'Bo' |
SLM * MV * Werkspoor * RSH |
3kV DC |
1925 |
Class 2E |
Bo'Bo' |
Henschel * Siemens |
3kV DC |
1937 |
Class 3E |
Co'Co' |
MV |
3kV DC |
1947 |
Class 4E |
1Co'Co1' |
GEC * NBL |
3kV DC |
1952 |
Class 5E, Series 1 |
Bo'Bo' |
EE |
3kV DC |
1955 |
Class 5E, Series 2 |
Bo'Bo' |
EE * Vulcan |
3kV DC |
1957 |
Class 5E, Series 3 |
Bo'Bo' |
EE * Vulcan |
3kV DC |
1958 |
Class 5E1, Series 1 |
Bo'Bo' |
MV |
3kV DC |
1959 |
Class 5E1, Series 2 |
Bo'Bo' |
MV * UCW |
3kV DC |
1963 |
Class 5E1, Series 3 |
Bo'Bo' |
MV * UCW |
3kV DC |
1964 |
Class 5E1, Series 4 |
Bo'Bo' |
MV * UCW |
3kV DC |
1965 |
Class 5E1, Series 5 |
Bo'Bo' |
MV * UCW |
3kV DC |
1966 |
Class 6E |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1970 |
Class 6E1, Series 1 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1969 |
Class 6E1, Series 2 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1971 |
Class 6E1, Series 3 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1971 |
Class 6E1, Series 4 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1973 |
Class 6E1, Series 5 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1974 |
Class 6E1, Series 6 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1975 |
Class 6E1, Series 7 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1977 |
Class 6E1, Series 8 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1979 |
Class 6E1, Series 9 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1981 |
Class 6E1, Series 10 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1982 |
Class 6E1, Series 11 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1984 |
Class 7E |
Co'Co' |
50 c/s Group * UCW |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1978 |
Class 7E1 |
Co'Co' |
Hitachi * Dorbyl |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1980 |
Class 7E2, Series 1 |
Co'Co' |
50 c/s Group * UCW |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1982 |
Class 7E2, Series 2 |
Co'Co' |
50 c/s Group * UCW |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1983 |
Class 7E3, Series 1 |
Co'Co' |
Hitachi * Dorbyl |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1983 |
Class 7E3, Series 2 |
Co'Co' |
Hitachi * Dorbyl |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1984 |
Class 7E4 |
Co'Co' |
Hitachi * Dorbyl |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
2000 |
Class 8E |
Bo'Bo' |
BBC-Siemens * UCW |
3kV DC |
1983 |
Class 9E, Series 1 |
Co'Co' |
GEC * UCW |
50kV AC, 50 Hz |
1978 |
Class 9E, Series 2 |
Co'Co' |
GEC * UCW |
50kV AC, 50 Hz |
1982 |
Class 10E |
Co'Co' |
Toshiba * UCW |
3kV DC |
1985 |
Class 10E1, Series 1 |
Co'Co' |
GEC * UCW |
3kV DC |
1987 |
Class 10E1, Series 2 |
Co'Co' |
GEC * UCW |
3kV DC |
1990 |
Class 10E2 |
Co'Co' |
Toshiba * UCW |
3kV DC |
1989 |
Class 11E |
Co'Co' |
GM * GMSA * Delta |
25kV AC, 50 Hz |
1985 |
Class 12E |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW |
3kV DC |
1983 |
Class 14E |
Bo'Bo' |
50 c/s Group * SLM |
3kV DC/25kV AC |
1991 |
Class 14E1 |
Bo'Bo' |
50 c/s Group * UCW |
3kV DC/25kV AC |
1994 |
Class 15E |
Co'Co' |
Mitsui * Toshiba * UCW |
50kV AC 50 Hz |
2010 |
Class 16E |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW * Spoornet |
3kV DC |
1990 |
Class 17E |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW * Spoornet |
3kV DC |
1993 |
Class 18E, Series 1 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW * Transwerk * TRE |
3kV DC |
2000 |
Class 18E, Series 2 |
Bo'Bo' |
UCW * TRE |
3kV DC |
2010 |
Class 19E |
Bo'Bo' |
Mitsui * Toshiba * UCW |
3kV DC/25kV AC |
2009 |
Class 20E |
Bo'Bo' |
CSR ZELC * TE |
3kV DC/25 kV AC |
2013 |
Class 21E |
Bo'Bo' |
CSR ZELC * TE |
3kV DC/25 kV AC |
2014 |
Class 22E |
Co'Co' |
CSR ZELC * TE |
3kV DC/25 kV AC |
2015 |
Class E38 |
Bo'Bo' |
Consortium * UCW |
3kV DC |
1993 |
See also
- Rail transport and locomotives in South Africa
- Preservation
- Locomotives and rolling stock