# South African Class 34-000

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Class of 125 South African diesel-electric locomotives

South African Class 34-000 No. 34-044 at Saldanha, Western Cape, 26 July 2009 Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Designer General Electric Builder General Electric SA GE-DL Locomotive Group Serial number 37810-37934 Model GE U26C Build date 1971-1973 Total produced 125 Specifications Configuration: ​ • AAR C-C • UIC Co'Co' • Commonwealth Co+Co Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge Wheel diameter 915 mm (36.0 in) Wheelbase 13,004 mm (42 ft 8.0 in) ​ • Bogie 3,188 mm (10 ft 5.5 in) Pivot centres 10,058 mm (33 ft 0 in) Length: ​ • Over couplers 17,982 mm (59 ft 0 in) Width 2,756 mm (9 ft 0.5 in) Height 3,962 mm (13 ft 0 in) Axle load 18,850 kg (41,560 lb) Adhesive weight 113,100 kg (249,300 lb) Loco weight 113,100 kg (249,300 lb) max Fuel type Diesel Fuel capacity 5,400 litres (1,200 imp gal) as built 7,000 litres (1,500 imp gal) mod. Prime mover GE 7FDL-12 RPM range 450-1,050 ​ • RPM low idle 450 • RPM idle 535 • Maximum RPM 1,050 Engine type 4 stroke diesel Aspiration Elliott H-581 turbocharger Alternator 10 pole 3 phase GE 5GT-A11C1 Traction motors Six GE 5GE-761A13 DC 4 pole ​ • Rating 1 hour 665A • Continuous 655A @ 24 km/h (15 mph) Cylinders V12 Gear ratio 92:19 MU working 6 maximum Loco brake 28-LAV-1 with vigilance control Train brakes Westinghouse 6CDX4UC compressor/exhauster Air tank cap. 825 litres (181 imp gal) Compressor 0.039 m3/s (1.4 cu ft/s) Exhauster 0.155 m3/s (5.5 cu ft/s) Couplers AAR knuckle type E Performance figures Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph) Power output: ​ • Starting 2,050 kW (2,750 hp) • Continuous 1,940 kW (2,600 hp) Tractive effort: ​ • Starting 272 kN (61,000 lbf) @ 25% adh. • Continuous 218 kN (49,000 lbf) @ 26 km/h (16 mph) Factor of adh.: ​ • Starting 25% • Continuous 20% Brakeforce 60% ratio @ 345 kPa (50.0 psi) Dynamic brake peak effort 180 kN (40,000 lbf) @ 29 km/h (18 mph) Career Operators South African Railways Spoornet Transnet Freight Rail PRASA Class Class 34-000 Number in class 125 Numbers 34-001 to 34-125 Delivered 1971-1973 First run 1971

The **South African Railways Class 34-000** of 1971 is a diesel-electric locomotive.

Between July 1971 and March 1973, the South African Railways placed 125 Class 34-000 General Electric type U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service.[1]

## Manufacturer

The Class 34-000 type [GE U26C](/source/GE_U26C) diesel-electric locomotive of the South African Railways (SAR) was designed by [General Electric](/source/General_Electric) (GE). The first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 to 34-125. The 125 locomotives entered service between July 1971 and March 1973.[1][2][3]

The same U26C locomotive type is also in use on other railways around the world. One of them is the New Zealand Railways, where it is known as their [DX class](/source/New_Zealand_DX_class_locomotive). Other users are [Kenya Railways](/source/Kenya_Railways) who for some years also leased South African Class 34 U26C locomotives, and [América Latina Logística](/source/Am%C3%A9rica_Latina_Log%C3%ADstica) (ALL) in [Brazil](/source/Brazil).[1][2][3]

## Class 34 series

### GE and GM-EMD designs

The Class 34 consists of seven series, the GE Classes 34-000, [34-400](/source/South_African_Class_34-400), [34-500](/source/South_African_Class_34-500) (also known as "34-400 ex Iscor") and [34-900](/source/South_African_Class_34-900), and the [General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD)](/source/Electro-Motive_Diesel) [Classes 34-200](/source/South_African_Class_34-200), [34-600](/source/South_African_Class_34-600) and [34-800](/source/South_African_Class_34-800). Both manufacturers also produced locomotives for the South African Classes 33, 35 and 36.[1]

### Distinguishing features

As built, the GE Classes 34-000, 34-400 and 34-900 locomotives were visually indistinguishable from each other. The Class 34-500 locomotives could be visually distinguished from the other series by the air conditioning units mounted on their cab roofs and initially when it was still a feature unique to them, by their running board mounted handrails. At some stage during the mid-1980s, all Class 34-000, 34-400 and 34-500 locomotives had saddle filters installed across the long hood, mounted just to the rear of the screens behind the cab on the sides. Since then, Class 34-900 locomotives could be distinguished from the older models by the absence of the saddle filter.[4][5][6]

## Modifications

### Fuel capacity

As built, the Class 34-000 has a 5,400 litres (1,200 imperial gallons) fuel tank and interlinked bogies, while the Class 34-500 was delivered new to Iscor with a 7,000 litres (1,500 imperial gallons) fuel tank to cope with the lack of en route refuelling points on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line. To facilitate the larger fuel tank, the inter-bogie linkage found on all other models had to be omitted on the Class 34-500.[7]

Standard 5,400 litre fuel tank Enlarged 7,000 litre fuel tank

To be usable on the iron ore line, Class 34-000 locomotives which ended up working there were modified to a similar fuel capacity. The inter-bogie linkage was removed and the fuel tank was enlarged by changing it from saddle-shaped to rectangular box-shaped. To maintain its lateral balance, a slab of metal was attached to each bogie in place of the removed linkage. In the second picture, the weld lines on the end of the enlarged fuel tank as well as the metal slab at the end of the bogie are visible.[8]

### Running board mounted handrails

Class 34-000 locomotives that were allocated to the Sishen-Saldanha Orex line were often modified by having removable running board-mounted handrails installed. All pre-2000 South African diesel-electric locomotives had their side handrails mounted along the upper edges of their long hoods. The ex Iscor Class 34-500s, however, came equipped with additional removable running board-mounted handrails. Since these handrails are slide-fit into brackets which are welded onto the running board, they are easily removed.[1]

Since c. 2009, other mainline diesel-electric locomotive types also emerged from the Koedoespoort Transwerk shops with running board mounted handrails after major overhauls.[9]

### Electronic control system

Beginning in 2010, some Class 34-000 locomotives were equipped with electronic fuel injection and GE "Bright Star" control systems. On some of the first locomotives which were so modified, evidence of the modification is a raised middle portion of the long hood.

## Service

GE Class 34-000s work on most mainlines and some branch lines in the central, western, southern and southeastern parts of the country. Some eventually joined the Class 34-500 on the 861-kilometre-long (535-mile) [Sishen–Saldanha Orex line](/source/Sishen%E2%80%93Saldanha_Orex_line) to haul export ore from the open cast iron mines at Sishen near Kathu in the [Northern Cape](/source/Northern_Cape) to the harbour at Saldanha in the [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape), until they gradually began to be replaced by new [Class 43-000](/source/South_African_Class_43-000) locomotives in 2012.[3]

On the Orex line, GE Class 34 series diesel-electric locomotives ran consisted to [Class 9E](/source/South_African_Class_9E%2C_Series_1) or [Class 15E](/source/South_African_Class_15E) electric locomotives to haul the 342-wagon iron ore trains. Each wagon has a 100-ton capacity and the trains are at least 3.72 kilometres (2.31 miles) in length, powered by mixed consists of Class 9E and Class 15E electric, GE U26C Class 34-000, [34-400](/source/South_African_Class_34-400), [34-500](/source/South_African_Class_34-500) and [34-900](/source/South_African_Class_34-900) and from 2012, GE C30ACi [Class 43-000](/source/South_African_Class_43-000) diesel-electric locomotives. In South Africa, mixed electric and diesel-electric consists are unique to the iron ore line.[1][10][11]

Ore train about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Lamberts Bay

## Works numbers

The Class 34-000 builder's works numbers are listed in the table.[2]

Class 34-000, GE type U26C Loco no. Builder Works no. 34-001 GE 37810 34-002 GE 37811 34-003 GE 37812 34-004 GE-DL 37813 34-005 GE-DL 37814 34-006 GE-DL 37815 34-007 GE-DL 37816 34-008 GE-DL 37817 34-009 GE-DL 37818 34-010 GE-DL 37819 34-011 GE-DL 37820 34-012 GE-DL 37821 34-013 GE-DL 37822 34-014 GE-DL 37823 34-015 GE-DL 37824 34-016 GE-DL 37825 34-017 GE-DL 37826 34-018 GE-DL 37827 34-019 GE-DL 37828 34-020 GE-DL 37829 34-021 GE-DL 37830 34-022 GE-DL 37831 34-023 GE-DL 37832 34-024 GE-DL 37833 34-025 GE-DL 37834 34-026 GE-DL 37835 34-027 GE-DL 37836 34-028 GE-DL 37837 34-029 GE-DL 37838 34-030 GE-DL 37839 34-031 GE-DL 37840 34-032 GE-DL 37841 34-033 GE-DL 37842 34-034 GE-DL 37843 34-035 GE-DL 37844 34-036 GE-DL 37845 34-037 GE-DL 37846 34-038 GE-DL 37847 34-039 GE-DL 37848 34-040 GE-DL 37849 34-041 GE-DL 37850 34-042 GE-DL 37851 34-043 GE-DL 37852 34-044 GE-DL 37853 34-045 GE-DL 37854 34-046 GE-DL 37855 34-047 GE-DL 37856 34-048 GE-DL 37857 34-049 GE-DL 37858 34-050 GE-DL 37859 34-051 GE-DL 37860 34-052 GE-DL 37861 34-053 GE-DL 37862 34-054 GE-DL 37863 34-055 GE-DL 37864 34-056 GE-DL 37865 34-057 GE-DL 37866 34-058 GE-DL 37867 34-059 GE-DL 37868 34-060 GE-DL 37869 34-061 GE-DL 37870 34-062 GE-DL 37871 34-063 GE-DL 37872 34-064 GE-DL 37873 34-065 GE-DL 37874 34-066 GE-DL 37875 34-067 GE-DL 37876 34-068 GE-DL 37877 34-069 GE-DL 37878 34-070 GE-DL 37879 34-071 GE-DL 37880 34-072 GE-DL 37881 34-073 GE-DL 37882 34-074 GE-DL 37883 34-075 GE-DL 37884 34-076 GE-DL 37885 34-077 GE-DL 37886 34-078 GE-DL 37887 34-079 GE-DL 37888 34-080 GE-DL 37889 34-081 GE-DL 37890 34-082 GE-DL 37891 34-083 GE-DL 37892 34-084 GE-DL 37893 34-085 GE-DL 37894 34-086 GE-DL 37895 34-087 GE-DL 37896 34-088 GE-DL 37897 34-089 GE-DL 37898 34-090 GE-DL 37899 34-091 GE-DL 37900 34-092 GE-DL 37901 34-093 GE-DL 37902 34-094 GE-DL 37903 34-095 GE-DL 37904 34-096 GE-DL 37905 34-097 GE-DL 37906 34-098 GE-DL 37907 34-099 GE-DL 37908 34-100 GE-DL 37909 34-101 GE-DL 37910 34-102 GE-DL 37911 34-103 GE-DL 37912 34-104 GE-DL 37913 34-105 GE-DL 37914 34-106 GE-DL 37915 34-107 GE-DL 37916 34-108 GE-DL 37917 34-109 GE-DL 37918 34-110 GE-DL 37919 34-111 GE-DL 37920 34-112 GE-DL 37921 34-113 GE-DL 37922 34-114 GE-DL 37923 34-115 GE-DL 37924 34-116 GE-DL 37925 34-117 GE-DL 37926 34-118 GE-DL 37927 34-119 GE-DL 37928 34-120 GE-DL 37929 34-121 GE-DL 37930 34-122 GE-DL 37931 34-123 GE-DL 37932 34-124 GE-DL 37933 34-125 GE-DL 37934

## Liveries

With five exceptions, the Class 34-000 were all delivered in the SAR Gulf Red livery with signal red buffer beams, yellow side stripes on the long hood sides and a yellow V on each end. The five exceptions, numbers 34-055 to 34-059, were delivered in blue with a yellow V on the ends and yellow buffer beams for use on the [Blue Train](/source/Blue_Train_(South_Africa)) between [Kimberley](/source/Kimberley%2C_Northern_Cape) and [Beaufort West](/source/Beaufort_West). They were all eventually repainted in Spoornet’s orange livery after they were replaced in Blue Train service by seven Class 34-900 locomotives, numbers 34-924 to 34-930.[2][12]

In the 1990s many of the Class 34-000 units began to be repainted in the Spoornet orange livery with a yellow and blue chevron pattern on the buffer beams. Several later received the Spoornet maroon livery. In the late 1990s many were repainted in the Spoornet blue livery with outline numbers on the long hood sides. After 2008 in the [Transnet Freight Rail](/source/Transnet_Freight_Rail) (TFR) and [Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa](/source/Passenger_Rail_Agency_of_South_Africa) (PRASA) era, many were repainted in the TFR red, green and yellow livery and at least four were repainted in the PRASA purple livery.[2]

## Illustration

		- No. 34-108 in SAR Gulf Red and whiskers livery at Bloemfontein, Free State, 14 October 2009

		- No. 34-058 and 34-059 in SAR Blue Train livery, still without saddle filters, at [Modder River](/source/Modder_River), Cape Province on 1 September 1975

		- No. 34-013 in Spoornet maroon livery at Swartkops Loco Depot, Port Elizabeth, 20 April 2013

		- No. 34-102 in Spoornet blue livery with outline numbers at Bloemfontein, Free State, 14 October 2009

		- No. 34-108 in [Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa](/source/Passenger_Rail_Agency_of_South_Africa)'s Shosholoza Meyl livery at Beaufort West, 10 October 2015

		- Bright Star equipped no. 34-084 in Transnet Freight Rail livery at Swartkops, 20 April 2013

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-E&D_diagram-book_1-5) South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Middleton_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Middleton_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Middleton_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Middleton_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Middleton_2-4) Middleton, John N. (2002). *Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009)* (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 38, 40–41, 46.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Paxton-Bourne_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Paxton-Bourne_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Paxton-Bourne_3-2) Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). *Locomotives of the South African Railways* (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 140–141. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0869772112](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0869772112).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [34-057 with saddle filter, 14 October 2009](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAR_Class_34-000_34-057.JPG)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [34-058 & 34-059 without saddle filter, 1 September 1975](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAR_Class_34-000_34-058_%26_059.jpg)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [34-060 with saddle filter, 25 August 2007](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAR_Class_34-000_34-060.JPG)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Information received from John Nicholas Middleton

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Interlink_8-0)** [Bogie interlinking removed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SAR_Class_34-000_34-080_FTR.JPG)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Shosholoza Meyl’s 34-102 with running board handrails](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Class_34_34-102.jpg)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Actom_10-0)** [Actom Divisions News, 22 July 2010](http://www.actom.co.za/pages/Actom-Divisions/news.asp?ID=5&DivisionID=4&BusinessUnitID=20&NewsID=45) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083604/http://www.actom.co.za/pages/Actom-Divisions/news.asp?ID=5&DivisionID=4&BusinessUnitID=20&NewsID=45) 5 March 2016 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Orex_11-0)** Information supplied by Orex train crew members

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Soul_of_a_Railway_7-9_12-0)** [Soul of A Railway, System 7, Western Transvaal, based in Johannesburg, Part 9. South-Eastwards as far as Volksrust (2nd part) by Les Pivnic. Caption 4.](https://sites.google.com/site/soulorailway/home/system-7-1/south-eastwards-as-far-as-volksrust-2nd-section-wattles-to-union-junction-by-les-pivnic) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210724042106/https://sites.google.com/site/soulorailway/home/system-7-1/south-eastwards-as-far-as-volksrust-2nd-section-wattles-to-union-junction-by-les-pivnic) 24 July 2021 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (Accessed on 11 April 2017)

## External links

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External videos 34-072 and 34-036, 14 October 2009 A pair of Class 34-000 locomotives leave the Bloemfontein yard with a mixed goods train, heading south. (3 minutes)

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