
CSR Zhuzhou and Bombardier won contracts for the supply of 599 electric locomotives, while GE South Africa Technologies and CNR Rolling Stock South Africa will build and supply 465 diesel locomotives. (Image source: Bombardier)
South Africa’s state-owned freight transport and logistics company, Transnet, has awarded a R50bn (US$4.7bn) contract for the building of 1,064 locomotives to four global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)