Grindrod Locomotives

South African railway locomotives company

For other uses, see Grindrod (disambiguation).

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Grindrod Locomotives is a South African railway locomotive manufacturer tied to the Grindrod company.[1]

## Leases

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Headquartered in Pretoria West, a division of the company, Grindrod Rail, owns and leases out over 60 locomotives to various railways.[2]

## Timeline

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### 2016

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* Six locomotives ordered by Sitarail, for Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.[3]
* The order is for 16 locomotives of two types :[4]
* Shunter
* Mainline #CC33201-CC33210.

## Types

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Class  | Engine  | Power
HP  | TE
kN  | Wheels  | Gauge(s)  | Axle
load
t  | Fuel
L  | Max
km/h  | X  | Country  | Fleet  | Misc  | Remarks

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GS7S3C-DC | 1 x Genset
Caterpillar C18 | 0700 | 200 | Co | 1000mm | 20 | 0800 | 050 | D |  Ivory Coast | aa | shunting and short-haul  | [5]
GL30SCM-DC | CC | aa | bb | Co-Co | 1000mm |  | 7000 | 100 | ee |  Cameroon | 4 | YY  | [6]
GB14DBC-AC
GB14DBM-AC  | 2 x Caterpillar C18 | 1400 | 300 | Bo-Bo | 1067mm
1000mm  | 18 | 4000 | 090 | D |
Ivory Coast |
CC33201-CC33210  | shunting, short-haul,
passenger and
light-load long-haul.  | Dual Cab[5]
GL30SCC-AC | E3B 16-645
1x3000 or
1x3300 |
3000 or
3300  | 500 | Co-Co | 1067mm | 20 | 6500 | 100 | _ | Africa | gg | main-line  | [5]
GL36SCC-DC |  | 3600 | 450 | Co-Co | 1067mm | 21 | 8000 | 090 | _ |  | ii | main-line  | [5]
GS7S3C-AC | 1 x Genset | 0700 | 250 | Co | 1067mm | 20 | 0800 | 050 | A |  | kk | shunting and short-haul  | [5]
GL22SCC-DC | 1 x 7FDL12
(General Electric) | 2200 | 300 | Co-Co | 1067mm | 15 | 4000 | 090 | _ |  | mm | main-line  | [5]
GL30SCC-DC | nn | 3000 | 300 | Co-Co | 1067mm | 18 | TTaa | 100 | uu | vv | pp | heavy freight |
GB14 | 2 x Genset or
Caterpillar C18 or
MTU or
Cummins | 1400 | FF | Bo-Bo | LL | 18 | NNNN | 090 | pp |  Mozambique
Tanzania
Cameroon
Kenya
Nigeria | rr  | passenger  | Dual cab.[7]
GPR30 |  |  |  | Co-Co | CC | 21 | 7000 | zz | W |  Cameroon
_ | 07+ | UU | yy

### Notes

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* Note: -DC = Direct Current traction motors.
* Note: -AC = Alternating Current traction motors.
* Note: C- = Cape Gauge (1067mm)
* Note: M- = Metre Gauge (1000mm)
* Note: X= Coupler types are:
* * A = Alliance (American)
* * D = Dual Buffers (British)
* * C = Chopper (Norwegian)
* * S = Single Buffer (German)
* * W = Willison (Russian)

## References

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1. ^ "Welcome Aboard – Grindrod Locomotives". www.rrlgrindrod.co.za. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. ^ "Grindrod Locomotives | Group Companies | Grindrod Limited". www.grindrod.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
3. ^ "Locomotives for Sitarail". Railways Africa. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
4. ^ Botes, Yolande. "Grindrod delivers 6 locomotives to Bolloré Logistics for Sitarail". Engineering News. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
5. ^ a b c d e f "Brochures". Grindrod Locomotives. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
6. ^ "Grindrod Locomotives delivers new GL30SCM DC for CAMRAIL". Grindrod Locomotives. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
7. ^ "2016 News". Grindrod Locomotives. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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