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The South African Railways Class 34-500 of 1974 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Between 1974 and 1977 the state owned South African Iron and Steel Corporation, now Kumba Iron Ore, placed forty-four General Electric type U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service on its 1974-built Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line and as heavy shunters at the Sishen mine. In 1977 another two locomotives were built for the Douglas Colliery near Witbank. Also in 1977, thirty-nine of the Iscor locomotives were transferred to the South African Railways, where they were initially designated Class 34-400 ex Iscor and later became commonly known as Class 34-500.〔(GE Export List )〕〔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〕 ==Manufacturer== The South African Class 34-500 type GE U26C diesel-electric locomotive, also known as Class 34-400 ex Iscor, was designed by General Electric and was built for the South African Iron and Steel Corporation (Iscor) by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl). Altogether forty-four locomotives were delivered to Iscor on three orders:〔〔 * Twenty-two were delivered between 1974 and 1975, of which twenty were numbered in the range from 1D to 20D and geared for mainline service while two were numbered G01 and G02 and geared for shunting work. * Twenty more were delivered between 1976 and 1977, numbered in the range from 21D to 40D and geared for mainline service. * Another two were delivered in 1977, geared for shunting and numbered G03 and G04. In 1977 two locomotives were also built for the Douglas Colliery near Witbank in Transvaal, numbered D5 and D6. Thirty-nine of the Iscor mainline locomotives were transferred to the South African Railways in that same year.〔 The Iscor locomotives were delivered with a fuel tank in order to cope with the lack of en route refuelling points on the Sishen-Saldanha line. To facilitate the larger fuel tank, the inter-bogie linkage found on all other South African U26C models was omitted on these locomotives.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Class 34-500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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