{{Short description|Type of diesel-electric locomotive}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use South African English|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox locomotive | name = South African Class 36-200 | image = SAR Class 36-200 36-201.JPG | alt = | caption = No. 36-201 at [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]], 5 August 2007 | hatnote = | powertype = Diesel-electric | designer = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] | builder = [[General Motors South Africa]]<br>GM-[[Astarsa]], [[Argentina]] | ordernumber = | serialnumber = 115-1 to 115-50, 118-1 to 118-51, 120-1, 122-1 & 122-2, 123-1 & 123-2, 91F1AA001 | buildmodel = GM-EMD SW1002 | builddate = 1980-1991 | totalproduction = 107 | rebuilder = | rebuilddate = | numberrebuilt = | aarwheels = [[AAR wheel arrangement#B-B|B-B]] | uicclass = [[Bo'Bo']] | Britishclass = [[Bo-Bo]] | gauge = {{Track gauge|Cape|allk=on}} | bogies = | leadingdiameter = | wheeldiameter = {{convert|1016|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | trailingdiameter = | minimumcurve = | wheelbase = {{convert|9905|mm|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | bogie = {{convert|2438|mm|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | pivotcentres = {{convert|7467|mm|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | wheelspacing = | length = | over couplers = {{convert|14120|mm|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | over bufferbeams = | body = | width = {{convert|2724|mm|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|3928|mm|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | axleload = {{convert|18250|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | leadingbogie/pony= | weightondrivers = {{convert|73000|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | trail bogie/pony = | locoweight = {{convert|73000|kg|lb|abbr=on}} max | fueltype = [[Diesel fuel|Diesel]] | fuelcap = {{convert|2250|L|impgal}} | lubecap = | coolantcap = | watercap = | sandcap = | powersupply = | consumption = | watercons = | primemover = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|GM-EMD]] [[EMD 645|8-645E]] | rpmrange = 250-900 | rpmrange low = 250 | rpmrange idle = 315 | rpmrange max = 900 | enginetype = 2-stroke diesel | aspiration = GM-EMD ROOTS 3 lobe blower | displacement = {{convert|10.57|L|cuin|1}} | alternator = | generator = 8 pole GM-EMD D25 | tractionmotors = Four EMD D29 DC 4 pole | t/m amps 1 hr = 485A | t/m amps cont = 450A @ {{convert|15|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} | headendpower = | cylindercount = V8 | cylindersize = | transmission = | gear ratio = 63:14 | multipleworking = 4 maximum | trainheating = | locobrakes = 28-LAV-1 with vigilance control | dynamicpeakeffort= | trainbrakes = Gardner-Denver ADJV compressor/exhauster | reservoircap = {{convert|850|L|impgal}} | compressorcap = {{convert|0.021|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}} | exhaustercap = {{convert|0.096|m3/s|ft3/s|abbr=on}} | safety = | coupling = [[Janney coupler|AAR knuckle type E]] | maxspeed = {{convert|90|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} | poweroutput = | poweroutput start= {{convert|850|kW|hp|abbr=on}} | poweroutput 1 hr = | poweroutput cont = {{convert|755|kW|hp|abbr=on}} | tractiveeffort = | t/e starting = {{convert|176|kN|lbf|abbr=on}} @ 25% adh. | t/e 1 hr = | t/e continuous = {{convert|141|kN|lbf|abbr=on}} @ {{convert|13.92|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} | factorofadhesion = | f/adh starting = 25% | f/adh 1 hr = | f/adh continuous = 20% | locobrakeforce = 65% ratio @ {{convert|340|kPa|psi|abbr=on}} | operator = South African Railways<br>Columbus Stainless<br>[[Mittal Steel South Africa|Iscor]]<br>Ithala Development Finance Corp.<br>Spoornet<br>[[Transnet Freight Rail]]<br>[[Surtees Rail Group|African Rail & Traction Services]] | operatorclass = Class 36-200 | numinclass = 107 | fleetnumbers = SAR 36-201 to 36-301<br>Columbus 1<br>Iscor 661-45 to 661-47<br>ARTS 21-23<br>Ithala 1 & 2 | officialname = | nicknames = | axleloadclass = | locale = | deliverydate = 1980-1984 (SAR)<br>1984 (Columbus)<br>1986-1991 (Iscor)<br>1987 (Ithala) | firstrundate = 1980 | lastrundate = | withdrawndate = | preservedunits = | restoredate = | scrapdate = | currentowner = | disposition = | notes = }}
The '''South African Railways Class {{nowrap|36-200}}''' of 1980 is a diesel-electric locomotive.
Beginning in August 1980, the South African Railways placed 101 Class {{nowrap|36-200}} General Motors Electro-Motive Division type SW1002 diesel-electric locomotives in service. In 1984, one Class {{nowrap|36-200}} locomotive was also built for the [[Bophuthatswana]] National Development Corporation for use at the [[Ga-Rankuwa]] Industrial Estate. Three more were placed in service by Iscor in Pretoria between 1986 and 1991, and another two by the Ithala Development Finance Corporation in KwaZulu-Natal in 1987.<ref name="Middleton">{{Middleton-SA Loco Guide|pages=38, 44, 46}}</ref><ref name="E&D diagram-book">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</ref>
==Manufacturers== The Class {{nowrap|36-200}} type SW1002 diesel-electric locomotive was designed for the South African Railways (SAR) by [[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] (GM-EMD) and all but one were built by [[General Motors South Africa]] (GMSA) in [[Port Elizabeth]]. The exception was the third type SW1002 locomotive to be built for Iscor in Pretoria which was delivered from {{nowrap|GM-[[Astarsa]]}} in [[Argentina]].<ref name="Middleton"/><ref name="E&D diagram-book"/><ref name="Paxton-Bourne">{{Paxton-Bourne|pages=142-143}}</ref>
[[File:Class 36-200 36-301 BPR.JPG|thumb|left|Builder’s plate on no. 36-301]] The 101 locomotives for the SAR were built in two batches on two orders. The first 50 were built between 1980 and 1982 and numbered in the range from {{nowrap|36-201}} to {{nowrap|36-250}}. Another 51 were built between 1982 and 1984 and numbered in the range from {{nowrap|36-251}} to {{nowrap|36-301}}. It is unclear why such an odd number of locomotives were ordered.<ref name="Middleton"/><ref name="E&D diagram-book"/>
Apart from the SAR locomotives, several were also built for industry.<ref name="Middleton"/> * A single locomotive was built for the [[Bophuthatswana]] National Development Corporation (BNDC) in Ga-Rankuwa and delivered in 1984. * Two locomotives, which had been ordered by Iscor in Pretoria, were delivered in 1986, numbered {{nowrap|661-45}} and {{nowrap|661-46}}. * Two locomotives, which had been ordered by the Ithala Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) in KwaZulu-Natal, were delivered in 1987 and numbered 1 and 2. * The Argentinian-built locomotive was delivered to Iscor by GM-Astarsa in 1991 and numbered {{nowrap|661-47}}.
==Class 36 series== The Class 36 locomotive group consists of two series, the [[General Electric]] (GE) [[South African Class 36-000|Class {{nowrap|36-000}}]] and the GM-EMD Class {{nowrap|36-200}}. Both manufacturers also produced locomotives for the South African Classes 33, 34 and 35.<ref name="E&D diagram-book"/>
==Service== ===South African Railways=== Class {{nowrap|36-200}} locomotives are general purpose locomotives, equipped with two-station controls for bi-directional operation, which are used mainly for yard shunting and pickup work to service industrial customers. When placed in service, the SAR locomotives were initially distributed for service between the Western and Eastern Cape and the Eastern Transvaal Lowveld, but the Cape locomotives were later relocated to Natal, Gauteng, the North West Province and Limpopo.<ref name="Middleton"/><ref name="Paxton-Bourne"/>
On the Natal South Coast they were at one time employed in road work between [[Durban]] and [[Port Shepstone]], working in pairs or in trios.
===Industry=== The three Iscor locomotives were later hired out to [[Surtees Rail Group|African Rail & Traction Services]] (ARTS), based in a workshop at the Iscor Pretoria works, and renumbered in the range from 21 to 23. ARTS has a fleet of about twenty locomotives which are used on hire contracts. By early 2002, ARTS locomotives were employed at the [[Rustenburg]] Platinum Mine in the North West Province, at [[Mittal Steel South Africa|Iscor]] in [[Pretoria]] where it took over the entire railway operation, and at the [[Richards Bay Coal Terminal]] in [[KwaZulu-Natal]].<ref name="Middleton"/>
The BNDC locomotive did not remain in service in Bophuthatwana very long before it went to Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.<ref name="Middleton"/>
The IDFC locomotives were later sold to Sheltam, where they were numbered 24 and 25 and later renumbered to 1003 and 1004.<ref name="Middleton"/>
==Works numbers== Apart from on their works plates, the builder’s works number was also stamped on their frames, but instead of the builder’s serial they used the last three digits of the unit’s number. No. 36-209 was therefore stamped 115-209 instead of 115-9. Some of these numbers were reverse stamped, for example as {{nowrap|234-115}}. Units so noted were numbers 234, 235, 240, 241 and 245-115 and numbers 251, 257 and 270-118.
The Class {{nowrap|36-200}} builder’s works numbers, dates or years built and the distribution of the non-SAR industrial locomotives are listed in the table. The dates, as shown, were recorded off the respective locomotive [[works plate]]s.<ref name="Middleton"/><ref name="Bagshawe">Actual dates recorded off locomotive works plates by Peter Bagshawe{{better source|date=April 2015|reason=Not verifiable}}</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible sortable collapsed" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:100%;" |+'''Class 36-200, GM-EMD type SW1002''' |- !<br>Loco no. !Builder<br> !Date<br> !Works<br>no. !Hired or<br>sold to !New<br>no. |- |36-201 |GMSA |1980 |115-1 | | |- |36-202 |GMSA |1980 |115-2 (115-202) | | |- |36-203 |GMSA |1980 |115-3 | | |- |36-204 |GMSA |1980 |115-4 | | |- |36-205 |GMSA |{{dts|30 September 1980}} |115-5 | | |- |36-206 |GMSA |1980 |115-6 | | |- |36-207 |GMSA |1980 |115-7 | | |- |36-208 |GMSA |1980 |115-8 | | |- |36-209 |GMSA |{{dts|13 November 1980}} |115-9 (115-209) | | |- |36-210 |GMSA |1980 |115-10 | | |- |36-211 |GMSA |{{dts|28 November 1980}} |115-11 | | |- |36-212 |GMSA |{{dts|26 November 1980}} |115-12 | | |- |36-213 |GMSA |{{dts|11 December 1980}} |115-13 | | |- |36-214 |GMSA |{{dts|28 January 1981}} |115-14 | | |- |36-215 |GMSA |1981 |115-15 | | |- |36-216 |GMSA |1981 |115-16 | | |- |36-217 |GMSA |1981 |115-17 | | |- |36-218 |GMSA |{{dts|2 March 1981}} |115-18 | | |- |36-219 |GMSA |{{dts|2 March 1981}} |115-19 | | |- |36-220 |GMSA |{{dts|16 March 1981}} |115-20 | | |- |36-221 |GMSA |{{dts|8 April 1981}} |115-21 | | |- |36-222 |GMSA |{{dts|28 March 1981}} |115-22 | | |- |36-223 |GMSA |1981 |115-23 | | |- |36-224 |GMSA |1981 |115-24 | | |- |36-225 |GMSA |{{dts|22 May 1981}} |115-25 | | |- |36-226 |GMSA |{{dts|25 May 1981}} |115-26 | | |- |36-227 |GMSA |1981 |115-27 | | |- |36-228 |GMSA |{{dts|30 June 1981}} |115-28 | | |- |36-229 |GMSA |{{dts|30 June 1981}} |115-29 | | |- |36-230 |GMSA |{{dts|20 July 1981}} |115-30 | | |- |36-231 |GMSA |{{dts|31 July 1981}} |115-31 | | |- |36-232 |GMSA |{{dts|31 August 1981}} |115-32 | | |- |36-233 |GMSA |{{dts|11 September 1981}} |115-33 | | |- |36-234 |GMSA |{{dts|21 September 1981}} |115-34 (234-115) | | |- |36-235 |GMSA |{{dts|23 September 1981}} |115-35 (235-115) | | |- |36-236 |GMSA |{{dts|5 October 1981}} |115-36 | | |- |36-237 |GMSA |1981 |115-37 | | |- |36-238 |GMSA |{{dts|15 October 1981}} |115-38 | | |- |36-239 |GMSA |{{dts|27 October 1981}} |115-39 | | |- |36-240 |GMSA |1981 |115-40 (240-115) | | |- |36-241 |GMSA |{{dts|10 November 1981}} |115-41 (241-115) | | |- |36-242 |GMSA |{{dts|18 November 1981}} |115-42 | | |- |36-243 |GMSA |{{dts|30 November 1981}} |115-43 | | |- |36-244 |GMSA |{{dts|10 December 1981}} |115-44 | | |- |36-245 |GMSA |{{dts|22 December 1981}} |115-45 (245-115) | | |- |36-246 |GMSA |{{dts|21 January 1982}} |115-46 | | |- |36-247 |GMSA |1982 |115-47 | | |- |36-248 |GMSA |1982 |115-48 | | |- |36-249 |GMSA |1982 |115-49 | | |- |36-250 |GMSA |1982 |115-50 | | |- |36-251 |GMSA |{{dts|22 September 1982}} |118-1 (251-118) | | |- |36-252 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-2 | | |- |36-253 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-3 | | |- |36-254 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-4 | | |- |36-255 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-5 | | |- |36-256 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-6 | | |- |36-257 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-7 (257-118) | | |- |36-258 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-8 | | |- |36-259 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-9 | | |- |36-260 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-10 | | |- |36-261 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-11 | | |- |36-262 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-12 | | |- |36-263 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-13 | | |- |36-264 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-14 | | |- |36-265 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-15 | | |- |36-266 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-16 | | |- |36-267 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-17 | | |- |36-268 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-18 | | |- |36-269 |GMSA |1982-83 |118-19 | | |- |36-270 |GMSA |{{dts|18 April 1983}} |118-20 (270-118) | | |- |36-271 |GMSA |{{dts|25 April 1983}} |118-21 | | |- |36-272 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-22 | | |- |36-273 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-23 | | |- |36-274 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-24 | | |- |36-275 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-25 | | |- |36-276 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-26 | | |- |36-277 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-27 | | |- |36-278 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-28 | | |- |36-279 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-29 | | |- |36-280 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-30 | | |- |36-281 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-31 | | |- |36-282 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-32 | | |- |36-283 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-33 | | |- |36-284 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-34 | | |- |36-285 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-35 | | |- |36-286 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-36 | | |- |36-287 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-37 | | |- |36-288 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-38 | | |- |36-289 |GMSA |{{dts|28 October 1983}} |118-39 (118-289) | | |- |36-290 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-40 | | |- |36-291 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-41 | | |- |36-292 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-42 | | |- |36-293 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-43 | | |- |36-294 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-44 | | |- |36-295 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-45 | | |- |36-296 |GMSA |1983-84 |118-46 | | |- |36-297 |GMSA |{{dts|14 February 1984}} |118-47 | | |- |36-298 |GMSA |1984 |118-48 | | |- |36-299 |GMSA |1984 |118-49 | | |- |36-300 |GMSA |1984 |118-50 | | |- |36-301 |GMSA |{{dts|30 March 1984}} |118-51 | | |- |BNDC |GMSA |1984 |120-1 |Columbus |1 |- |661-45 |GMSA |1986 |122-1 |ARTS |21 |- |661-46 |GMSA |1986 |122-2 |ARTS |22 |- |661-47 |Astarsa |1991 |91F1AA001 |ARTS |23 |- |IDFC 1 |GMSA |1987 |123-1 |Sheltam |1003 |- |IDFC 2 |GMSA |1987 |123-2 |Sheltam |1004 |- |}
==Liveries== All the Class 36-200 locomotives were 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. In the 1990s many of them 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 2000s at least one was repainted in the Spoornet blue livery with outline numbers on the sides. After 2008 in the [[Transnet Freight Rail]] (TFR) era, some began to appear in the TFR red, green and yellow livery.<ref name="Soul of a Railway 7-9">[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 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.] {{Webarchive|url=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 |date=24 July 2021 }} (Accessed on 11 April 2017)</ref>
==Illustration== <gallery mode=packed heights="220px"> File:SAR Class 36-200 36-217.JPG|No. 36-217 in Spoornet orange livery at Capital Park, Pretoria, 29 September 2006 File:Class 36-200 36-297.JPG|No. 36-297 in Spoornet maroon livery at Beaufort West, 27 March 2013 File:Class 36-251 - Blue Spoornet Livery (Outlined Numbers).JPG|No. 36-251 in Spoornet blue and outline numbers at Wentworth, 26 May 2010 File:Class 36-200 36-256.JPG|No. 36-256 in Transnet Freight Rail livery at Bloemfontein Depot, 29 April 2013 </gallery>
==References== {{Commons category|South African Class 36-200|position=left}} {{Reflist|30em}} {{Locomotives of South Africa}} {{EMD diesels}}
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