The South African Class 61-000 of 1959 is a South African diesel-hydraulic locomotive from the South African Railways era.Between May and July 1959 the South African Railways placed seven Class 1-DH Henschel type DH 1420 diesel-hydraulic locomotives in service in order to also gain experience with other forms of diesel motive power. They were later reclassified to Class 61-000. In 1971 six of them were sold to Rhodesia Railways.
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