Say goodbye to Transnet as you know it

[Bloomberg]

Say goodbye to Transnet as you know it

Private South African freight-rail operator Traxtion will invest R3.4 billion in locomotives and wagons, almost doubling its fleet as the country’s more than century-old state rail monopoly comes to an end.

 

[neoprema]

Say goodbye to Transnet as you know it

Private South African freight-rail operator Traxtion will invest R3.4 billion in locomotives and wagons, almost doubling its fleet as the country’s more than century-old state rail monopoly comes to an end.

Rob, steal and pillage from Transnet.

Solution. Switch to another company. Repeat pillaging.

Lol.

 

[Heisenborg]

Private sector will fix it

Fking clowns

 

[dualmeister]

to run freight trains on Africa’s largest network of rail lines

Did they measure the width of the tracks first?

 

[Hemi300c]

I smell a rat..........................or a whole lot of them.

 

[airborne]

Did they measure the width of the tracks first?

Totally not necessary, can return them if they don't fit, easy peasy.
Bribes received won't be returned though, as per service level agreement...

 

[Gordon_R]

Did they measure the width of the tracks first?

Article says trains will come from NZ, which has the same gauge (width and height) as SA.

For rail nerds:

3 ft 6 in gauge railways - Wikipedia

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