Locomotives
In 1974, General Motors South Africa Ltd. began to construct GM-Designed locomotives rather than importing them from the United States. After January 1987, GMSA was sold to local management which continued production as the Delta Motor Corporation. The company failed after one order of 11E-Type locomotives were constructed using GMSA leftovers. Delta Motor Corporation focused instead on automobile engines rather than locomotives, shutting down the plant where the locomotives were constructed.
The locomotive customers for GMSA (1974–1987) were:
- South African Railways
- Iscor
- African Explosives & Chemical Industries
- Anglo-American Coal
- Middleburg Steel & Alloys
- Kwazulu Finance & Development Corporation
- Richards Bay Coal Terminal
- Bophutatswana National Development Corporation
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“The flower-fed buffaloes of the spring
In the days of long ago,
Ranged where the locomotives sing
And the prairie flowers lie low:—”
—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)