AEG 110 kW (150 hp) main AEG 12 kW (16 hp) auxiliary
Traction motors
Three AEG
Cylinders
Eight
Gear ratio
5.67:1
Couplers
AAR knuckle Johnston link-and-pin (1956)
Performance figures
Power output
265 hp (198 kW)
Tractive effort:
• Starting
17,600 lbf (78 kN)
Factor of adh.
5•15
Career
Operators
South African Railways ESKOM
Class
Class DS1
Number in class
1 SAR, 1 ESKOM
Numbers
D138, renumbered D514
Official name
Citelec (ESKOM)
Delivered
1939
First run
1939
The South African Railways Class DS1 of 1939 was a diesel-electric locomotive.
The second diesel-electric locomotive on the South African Railways was a single Class DS1 AEG diesel-electric shunting locomotive which was placed in service in 1939. Two of these locomotives were delivered to South Africa, one for the Railways and another for the Electricity Supply Commission.[1][2]
^Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 136–137. ISBN 0869772112.
^Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1947). The Locomotive in South Africa – A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII – South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, March 1947. pp. 230–232.
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