A switcher locomotive, shunter locomotive, or shifter locomotive is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move trains over long distances, instead they typically assemble trains in order for another locomotive to take over. Switchers often operate in a railyard or make short transfer runs. They may serve as the primary motive power on short branch lines or switching and terminal railroads.
The following lists events that happened during 1923 in South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1924 in South Africa.
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 2-6-2+2-6-2 is an articulated locomotive using a pair of 2-6-2 power units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them. The 2-6-2 wheel arrangement has a single pair of leading wheels in a leading truck, followed by three coupled pairs of driving wheels and a pair of trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
The South African Railways Class 91-000 of 1973 was a narrow-gauge diesel–electric locomotive.
Colenso Power Station was a South African coal-fired power station, located in Colenso, KwaZulu-Natal on the banks of the Tugela River. It was built in the 1920s by the South African Railways to supply electricity for the railways, and was subsequently sold to the Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom).
The South African Railways Class 1E of 1925 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 5E, Series 3 of 1958 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 5E1, Series 1 of 1959 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 5E1, Series 3 of 1964 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 5E1, Series 5 of 1966 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 8E of 1983 is an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class ES of 1936 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 31-000 of 1958 was a diesel-electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 32-000 of 1959 was a diesel-electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 36-000 is a diesel-electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 19D 4-8-2 of 1937 was a steam locomotive.
The Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910 in terms of the South Africa Act, which unified the former Cape Colony, Natal Colony and the two colonised former republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. One of the clauses in the Act required that the three Colonial Government railways, the Cape Government Railways, the Natal Government Railways and the Central South African Railways, also be united under one single administration to control and administer the railways, ports and harbours of the Union. While the South African Railways (SAR) came into existence in 1910, the actual classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways required careful planning and was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.
The South African Railways Class DS of 1939 was a diesel-electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class DS1 of 1939 was a diesel-electric locomotive.
