List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1958 in South Africa.
Railways
Class 1-DE (GE U12B)
Locomotives
Two new Cape gauge locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways.
- The first of fifty-five Class 5E, Series 3 electric locomotives.[1]
- In June and July forty-five Class 1-DE General Electric type U12B locomotives are the first diesel-electrics to enter SAR service in quantity.[1]