page_title: South African Class 36-000
section_title: Characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: South African Class 36-000 / Characteristics
caption_attribution_description: English: South African Class 36-000 36-025 number plate Builder's Number: GE-DL 40444 Type: GE SG10B Location: Bellville, Cape Town, Western Cape
context_page_description: The South African Railways Class 36-000 is a diesel-electric locomotive.
  Between June 1975 and 1981, the South African Railways placed 124 Class 36-000 General Electric type SG10B diesel-electric locomotives in service.
context_section_description: The Class 36-000 is a general purpose locomotive which is equipped with two station controls for bi-directional operation. It is used mainly for yard shunting and pickup work to service industrial customers.
  Their large cab windows were designed to afford the crew the maximum all-round field of vision, but in South African summer months the sun can cause much discomfort in the cab. It is not unusual to find a locomotive on yard work with the sun-side windows covered with newspaper taped onto the insides. A few Class 36-000 locomotives have been observed at Vereeniging and at Port Elizabeth with home depot-applied modifications to their cab roofs in the form of sheetmetal roof extensions to the front and rear to serve as sun-shades.
caption: Works plate on no. 36-025
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