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1973 in South Africa

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1973
in
South Africa

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1973 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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January
February
March
July
August
Unknown date

Births

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Deaths

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Railways

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Class 91-000 (GE UM6B)

Locomotives

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Two new Cape gauge and one narrow gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways:

References

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  1. ^ Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961-1994 (Accessed on 14 April 2017)
  2. ^ a b c South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  3. ^ a b Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129, 144. ISBN 0869772112.
  4. ^ Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 56–57.