South African Class 45-000

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The '''Transnet Freight Rail Class 45-000''' of 2015 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive.

==Manufacturers==

The acquisition of the Class 45-000 forms part of the largest-ever locomotive supply contract in South African history and the single-biggest investment initiative by a South African corporation. It consists of contracts for the construction of 1,064 locomotives by four global original equipment manufacturers:<ref name="RailwayAge">[http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/mechanical/locomotives/transnet-1064-locomotives-5-billion.html RailwayAge, 17 Mar 2014: Transnet: 1,064 locomotives, $5 billion] (Accessed 23 Nov 2015)</ref><ref name="RailwayGazette2014-12-04">[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/transnet-seals-mou-with-csr-zhuzhou.html Railway Gazette, 4 Dec 2014: Transnet seals MoU with CSR Zhuzhou] (Accessed 6 Feb 2016)</ref><ref name="RailwayGazette2014-03-17">[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/south-africas-largest-ever-locomotive-order-awarded-to-four-suppliers.html Railway Gazette, 17 Mar 2014: South Africa's 'largest ever' locomotive order awarded to four suppliers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317164824/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/south-africas-largest-ever-locomotive-order-awarded-to-four-suppliers.html |date=17 March 2014 }} (Accessed 6 Feb 2016)</ref> * General Electric South Africa Technologies (a unit of the U.S.-based GE Transportation) for 233 Class 44-000 diesel-electric locomotives.<ref name="RailwayAge"/> * CNR Rolling Stock South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. for 232 Class 45-000 diesel-electric locomotives.<ref name="RailwayAge"/> * CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company for 359 [[South African Class 22E|Class 22E]] dual-voltage electric locomotives.<ref name="RailwayAge"/> * Bombardier Transportation South Africa for 240 Class 23E dual-voltage electric locomotives.<ref name="RailwayAge"/>

==Illustration== All the Class 45-000 locomotives were delivered in red TFR livery.

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of South Africa|3540]] [[Category:Co-Co locomotives]] [[Category:General Electric locomotives]] [[Category:Transnet Rail Engineering locomotives]] [[Category:Cape gauge railway locomotives]] [[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 2015]] [[Category:2015 in South Africa]]