Overspeed: Traction power cutout at 132 km/h (82 mph), emergency brake application at 136 km/h (85 mph)
Couplers
AAR knuckle
Performance figures
Maximum speed
130 km/h (81 mph)
Power output
3,178 kW (4,262 hp)
Brakeforce
1,500 kW (2,000 hp)
Dynamic brake peak effort
141 kilonewtons (32,000 lbf) @ 41 km/h (25 mph) 50 kilonewtons (11,000 lbf) @ 120 km/h (75 mph)
Career
Operators
PRASA
Class
Afro 4000
Number in class
20
Numbers
4001-4020
Delivered
2014-2015
First run
2014
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Class Afro 4000 of 2014 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive.
In late November 2014, the first of an intended twenty new Class Afro 4000 diesel-electric locomotives for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) came ashore in Table Bay Harbour. The locomotive, the first new engine to be acquired by PRASA since its establishment, was officially unveiled at Cape Town Station on 1 December 2014.[1][2][3]
^SA gets high powered locomotives - fin24, 1 December 2014 (Accessed 30 April 2015)
^Vossloh Rail Vehicles Press Release, 10 October 2013 - Vossloh gains large order in South Africa Archived 26 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 30 April 2015)
^Railways Africa, 2 Dec 2014 - New PRASA Locos Arrive (Accessed 1 May 2015)
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