Prasa is pushing to reintroduce the dubiously-procured locomotives... which were found to be too tall for parts of the local railway network... This, according to Prasa, will lessen its losses in the 2013 procurement deal that went wrong...
Prasa to reintroduce controversial Afro 4000 locomotives
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Prasa to reintroduce controversial Afro 4000 locomotives
Prasa to reintroduce controversial Afro 4000 locomotives declared ‘too tall’ for SA infrastructure
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Re: Prasa to reintroduce controversial Afro 4000 locomotives
Prasa launches bid to acquire additional Afro locomotives
THE embattled Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has presented a business case to parliament to acquire the remaining Afro 4000 and Afro Dual locomotives built by Vossloh Spain (now Stadler Rail Valencia), which were ordered but never delivered after it was discovered they exceeded the loading gauge on part of the country’s network...