19th August 2013, 04:51
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South African Class 34-900
There is an impressive picture of a 3.7km ore train hauled by these diesels in South Africa in the Wikipedia article (see link).
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On the Sishen–Saldanha Orex line GE Class 34 series diesel-electric locomotives run consisted of Class 9E and Class 15E electric locomotives to haul the 342 wagon iron ore trains. Each wagon has a 100 ton capacity and the trains are at least 3.72*kilometres (2.31 miles) in length, powered by mixed consists of Class 9E and Class 15E electric and GE U26C Class 34-000, 34-400, 34-500, 34-900 and, from 2012, GE C30ACi Class 43-000 diesel-electric locomotives. In South Africa mixed electric and diesel-electric consists are unique to the iron ore line.
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