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3/28/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: South African Railways
Model:UCW 5E1Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:UCW E888/1965Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Series 4
Other locos with this serial:  SAS E888(5E1)
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SAR Class 5E1 E888 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 5E1 E888 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1965 and 1966 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 5E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in service, numbered in the range from E821 to E920. Designed by Metropolitan-Vickers, it was built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries. Series 4 locomotives were equipped with AEI 281 AX traction motors.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 5E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  8/5/2007  Upload Date: 11/8/2007 6:17:14 PM
Location:  Ladysmith, ZN, ZA
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E888(5E1)
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