International Railroad Discussion > New locos to Mozambique, Africa.

Does somebody here knows the model and builder of  the new locos arriving in Africa this week?
 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,




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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



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7 - 9) On the truck.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

10 - 12)  A few more.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

13 - 15) On the trucks.
 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



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Pedro

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



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My Guess is USA National Railway Equipment. Sounds like a EMD engine.

3 ft gauge or meter gauge?

I know that the the Vale mining Nacala tracks are 3ft 6 in / 1,067mm. I do not know if they have other gauges in Mozambique.

tomstp Wrote:
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> 3 ft gauge or meter gauge?

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

3-ft 6-in gauge.  They interchange with South African Rys.

Thanks for an interesting series!

Larry

usmc1401 Wrote:
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> My Guess is USA National Railway Equipment. Sounds
> like a EMD engine.

Sounds like a turbo'd 710 engine.

I think they might be Indian - produced by the Banaras Locomotive Works.  Mozambique bought 5 locos from them a few years ago that look very similar. 

These 3'6" gauge locomotives were built in Pretoria, South Africa by RRL Grindrod. Model designation is RL30SCC-2 and they were built for (and initially used on) the African Minerals iron ore railway in Sierra Leone with the first appearing in 2011. They were designed by National Railway Equipment and are powered by EMD 16-645E3 diesel engines (rated at 3000 horsepower) that had been used in SD40 and GP40 locomotives from the United States. . 



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Photos above were taken early this week at Frikkie Meyer Weg, Pretoria North.
It is an assumption that all of the locos are heading to Moz, 1105 was sighted Tuesday on the road to Bietbridge (Zimbabwe). 

24 hire locomotives were repatriated from Sierra Leone, July 2019.
Ex African Minerals Limited lease, then Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd, all on 5650 bogies.
Grindrod Limited issued a press release early December 2019 saying that some of the -3 (1203-1205, 1208-1214) are to be sold to GPR Leasing. Exact number not given [6]. 
1101-1202 (-2) leased by RRL Grindrod Sierra Leone 1 Pty Ltd
1203-1214 (-3) leased by RRL Grindrod Sierra Leone 2 Pty Ltd
These locomotives were originally sold to a JV consisting of a consortia of financiers/banks led by Standard Bank, and the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd (85%) plus RRL Locomotives Pty Ltd (15%), then leased back by RRL Locomotives Pty Ltd, followed by Grindrod Locomotives Pty Ltd, after that company purchasing control of RRL in 2014. 

Locos repatriated July 2019, refer to notes [*].
Discharged Matadi (DRC) 1108/1115/1116/1119, sold to ARSS
Discharged Maydon Wharf, Durban 1105-1107, 1110, 1112, 1114, 1118, 1120, 1201, 1202, 1203-1205, 1208-1214.
1101   NRE/TZV Gredelj   NGT26CU-3
1102   NRE/TZV Gredelj   NGT26CU-3
1103   NRE/TZV Gredelj   NGT26CU-3
1104   NRE/TZV Gredelj   NGT26CU-3 
1105   [0004*]       RL30SCC-2      [1]
1106   [0005*]       RL30SCC-2      [1]
1107   [0006]         RL30SCC-2      [1][3]
1108   [0007]         RL30SCC-2      [1] sold ARSS Matadi [2]
1109   [0008]         RL30SCC-2     
1110   [0009]         RL30SCC-2      [1]
1111   [0011]         RL30SCC-2     
1112   [0012]         RL30SCC-2      [1]
1113   [0013]         RL30SCC-2     
1114   [0014]         RL30SCC-2      [1]
1115   [0015*]       RL30SCC-2      [1] sold ARSS Matadi [2]
1116   [0016]         RL30SCC-2      [1] sold ARSS Matadi [2]
1117   [0017]         RL30SCC-2
1118   [0018]         RL30SCC-2      [1]
1119   [0019]         RL30SCC-2      [1] sold ARSS Matadi [2]
1120   [0020*]       RL30SCC-2      [1][3]
1201   [0021]         RL30SCC-2      [1][3]
1202   [0022]         RL30SCC-2      [1]
1203   [0028*]       RL30SCC-3      [1][3][4] sold Uganda Railways
1204   [0029*]       RL30SCC-3      [1][5]
1205   [0030*]       RL30SCC-3      [1]
1206   [0031*]       RL30SCC-3     
1207   [0032]         RL30SCC-3
1208   [0033]         RL30SCC-3      [1][5]
1209   [0035*]       RL30SCC-3      [1][3]
1210   [0036]         RL30SCC-3      [1][4]sold Uganda Railways
1211   [0037*]       RL30SCC-3      [1][4] sold Uganda Railways
1212   [0038]         RL30SCC-3      [1][5]
1213   [0039]         RL30SCC-3      [1][3]
1214   [0040]         RL30SCC-3      [1][4] sold Uganda Railways

[frame number], * = works plate photo
[1] tranche #1, arrived Durban July 2019
[2] Grindrod 2019 Annual Report, ARSS = African Rolling Stock Solutions Pty Ltd
[3] Refurbishing by Traxtion at Rosslyn
[4] Contract signed H2 2020, shipped ex Richards Bay July 2021
[5] Shipped back to SL from PE, loaded 27/03/2022. Railco Red livery
[6] GPR leasing was a Mauritius based JV between Grindrod (Mauritius) Pty. Ltd., and investment funds associated with Johann Rupert, and was rolled into Rail Africa Pty. Ltd. in December 2019. 

There is a difference in wheel diameter, and TM gear ratio, between phase 2 and phase 3 locomotives. AM Limited did not work the two types MU 

Units been loaded at Pretoria West are operated by Railco, a hire and leasing company.
Railco is 100% owned by Mauritius resident Rail Africa Pty. Ltd., a joint venture formed by Grindrod (Mauritius) Pty. Ltd., Trafigura controlled Impala Terminals, and offshore equity funds controlled by Johann Rupert.

Transnet Rail Freight, the state owned parastatal with a monopoly on rail freight is disfunctional. If it was privately owned, would possibily be bankrupt. It is now far quicker, safer, and probably cheaper for private loco owners to move units by road. This action keeps the units clear of bureaucratic procrastination, and trashing by copper thieves while in transit. In 2022 it took TFR over 6 months to move a dead Watco purchased GL26C-2 from Cape Town to Durban for shipping to Australia.