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and Funkey locomotives. It has purchased locomotives from as far afield as Australia.QR National locomotives shipped to South Africa
''International Railway Journal'' 25 June 2012

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{{Witwatersrand companies Locomotive manufacturers of South Africa Railway companies of South Africa Rolling stock leasing companies 1950 establishments in South Africa Companies based in Johannesburg