Pampas Pampas The Pampas (from the , meaning "plain") are fertile South American lowlands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and the southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul. The vast plains are a natural region, interrupted only by the low Ventana and Tandil hills, near Bahía Blanca and Tandil (Argentina), with a height of and , respectively. The climate is warm, with precipitation of that is more or less evenly distributed through the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. The area is
South African Class 61-000 a yellow V on each end. The Class 61-000 builder's works numbers, renumbering upon reclassification and sale are listed in the table. South African Class 61-000 The South African Railways Class 61-000 of 1959 was a diesel-hydraulic locomotive. Between May and July 1959, the South African Railways placed seven Henschel type DH-1420 diesel-hydraulic locomotives in service to also gain experience with other forms of diesel motive power than diesel-electric. The locomotives were later reclassified to Class . In 1971, six of them were sold to Rhodesia Railways. The Class 61-000 type DH-1420 diesel-hydraulic locomotive was designed and built for the