Stuart Theobald incorrectly states that the locomotives Transnet bought from a "Chinese manufacturer" as part of its R50bn locomotive renewal programme "do not work" (Far worse than ratings downgrade would be getting booted from banking body, January 30). This is inaccurate, misleading and cannot go unchallenged, lest we demotivate thousands of our colleagues who consistently give their all for the success of the company. As part of its locomotive fleet renewal programme, two years ago Transnet awarded contracts for the acquisition of 1,064 diesel and electric locomotives from four global manufacturers. CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (CSR) and Bombardier Transportation SA were to supply 599 electric locomotives and General Electric (GE) SA Technologies and China North Rail (CNR) were to build 465 diesel locomotives. So far, a total of 182 have been delivered by GE and CSR, which are based at Transnet Engineering’s manufacturing facility in Pretoria. Bombardier and CNR, which are ba...
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