Sheltam

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Ex-SAR 31-005 locomotive in Sheltam Livery

Sheltam is a locomotive hire and repair company that undertakes complete operating contracts and maintenance contracts, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. By the year 2000, Sheltam locomotives were operating at Randfontein Estates Gold Mine in Gauteng, and in Mpumalanga at Douglas and Vandyksdrift Collieries and at SAPPI, Ngodwana. They also operated on Spoornet’s Newcastle-Utrecht branch in KwaZulu-Natal and on Kei Rail in the Eastern Cape. Outside South Africa they operate on the Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR), NLL and Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ) lines through Zimbabwe and Zambia and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] [2]

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Locomotives

Locomotives owned or operated by Sheltam include:

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South African Class 31-000

The South African Railways Class 31-000 of 1958 was a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 32-000

The South African Railways Class 32-000 of 1959 was a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 32-200

The South African Railways Class 32-200 of 1966 was a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 33-000

The South African Railways Class 33-000 of 1965 was a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 33-200

The South African Railways Class 33-200 of 1966 was a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 33-400

The South African Railways Class 33-400 of 1968 was a South African and Namibian diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 34-200

The South African Railways Class 34-200 of 1971 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 34-500

The South African Railways Class 34-500 of 1974 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 34-600

The South African Railways Class 34-600 of 1974 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 34-800

The South African Railways Class 34-800 of 1978 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 35-000

The South African Railways Class 35-000 of 1972 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 35-200

The South African Railways Class 35-200 of 1974 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 35-400

The South African Railways Class 35-400 of 1976 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 36-200

The South African Railways Class 36-200 of 1980 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

South African Class 39-000

The Spoornet Class 39-000 of 2006 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive from the Spoornet era.

South African Class 7A 4-8-0

The South African Railways Class 7A 4-8-0 of 1896 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

South African Class 7B 4-8-0

The South African Railways Class 7B 4-8-0 of 1900 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.

GE U26C

The GE U26C diesel locomotive model was introduced by GE Transportation Systems in 1971. All examples of this model are six axle units, and have the wheel arrangement C-C or Co'Co'.

References

  1. ↑ Middleton, John N. (ed.). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide (2002 ed.). pp. 38, 41 and 45, as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009.
  2. ↑ SA Rail. 46 (2): 3–7. April 2008. ISSN   1026-3195.Missing or empty |title= (help)
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