Talk:South African Class 43-000

A driver's comment on the Class 43-000
Comment on Facebook by a driver on the Class 43-000:

From: Phil du Plessis To: Suid-Afrikaaanse Spoorweë / SA Railways / Ulolwe Sent: 21 September 2013 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [Suid-Afrikaaanse Spoorweë / SA Railways / Ulolwe] South African Class 43-000

Phil du Plessis commented on your post in Suid-Afrikaaanse Spoorweë / SA Railways / Ulolwe

Lovely loco. First AC traction diesel electric loco in our fleet. We transferred a 50 loaded wagon train from Steelpoort to Belfast with four of these. We stopped and cut out two traction motors just before the ruling grade. No problem, you can loose one traction motor and the same power is redistributed to the remaining 5 traction motors. First diesel to have Dynamic brake down to 1km/h. I just love these diesels.

Posted for reference. André Kritzinger (talk) 14:24, 23 September 2013 (UTC)