| Title: |
SAR Class 91-000 91-020 |
| Description: |
Between September and December 1973 the South African Railways placed twenty Class 91-000 GE UM6B diesel-electric locomotives in service on its two feet narrow gauge lines, numbered in the range from 91-001 to 91-020. The GE UM6B was designed and built by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania and is the largest two foot gauge diesel-electric locomotive in the world. When they became redundant, several were sold and one, no. 91-010, was equipped wih Bigfoot Cape Gauge bogies from a Class 36-000 in order to be employed as shunter at Swartkops Loco Depot in Port Elizabeth.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 91-000. |
| Photo Date: |
4/18/2013 Upload Date: 6/18/2013 7:42:22 PM |
| Location: |
Humewood, Port Elizabeth, EC, Po |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 91-020(UM6B) |
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