Global Railway Engineering

Global Railway Engineering (GRE), established in 1996 in South Africa, is one of the leading railway rolling stock companies in the country. We specialise in designing railway wagons, supplying all railway components, building wagons, and providing locomotive solutions to customers worldwide. GRE holds the intellectual property rights for the world-renowned Scheffel Self-Steering Bogies. We design and supply Scheffel Bogies for all rail gauges, from 1000mm to 1676mm. The Scheffel Self-Steering Bogie technology has unlocked the value of heavy haul traffic by being track-friendly. Scheffel Bogies have also broken various world records, including holding the record for the longest train over the longest distance. Transnet holds various operational records using HS Bogies, operating the No. 1 and No. 2 longest trains in the world. No. 1 is the manganese ore trains, running with 375 wagons per train, and No. 2 is the iron ore trains, running with 342 wagons per train.