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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 that 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. ==Manufacturer== As a result of the problems experienced in obtaining adequate water supplies in the arid regions of South Africa and South West Africa, particularly on the section between De Aar in the Karoo via Upington to Keetmanshoop, the South African Railways (SAR) decided to experiment with diesel-powered traction and introduced its first two diesel-electric shunting locomotives in 1939.〔 The second of these was a single locomotive with a Co wheel arrangement, of which two units were ordered from ''Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft'' (AEG) in Berlin at the same time as the single Class DS locomotive. Only one of them entered service on the SAR and was designated Class DS1. It was initially numbered D138, but it was soon renumbered to D514. Both numbers were actually in the electric locomotive number range.〔 The second locomotive was delivered to the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM), the state-owned South African national power corporation, who placed it in service in Cape Town.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Class DS1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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