South Africa's railways system is the most developed one in all of Africa. Two state owned companies, PRASA and
Transnet Freight Rail operate freight and commuter train services. A third company, Metrorail operates also commuter
train services in Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Almost all rail services in South Africa operate
on the so called Cape gauge rails with a gauge width of 1067 mm. South Africa has a rail network of approximately 36 000
kilometres, out of which roughly half is electrified with either 3 kV DC or 25 kV or 50 kV AC. There are also some really
narrow gauge short lines using either 610 mm or 762 mm gauge tracks.
This is a Transnet Freight Rail diesel locomotive of the class 44. They were built by General Electric as the
GE type ES40ACi in 2015.
Photo from near the town of Belfast 22.1.2022 by Vesa Kailanen.
