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SAR Class 5M Motor Coach (Type 3 R) |
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Metrorail commuter trains are usually made up of as many as 11 to 13 wagons, of which three are motor coaches, one at each end and the third in the middle of the train. The type 3 coaches appeared on the scene when the use of train conductors as ticket examiners was discontinued. They have one set of sliding doors, with five windows between the motor compartment and the door set.This picture shows Darwin Award candidates on the Kaalfontein to Tembisa run. Trainsurfing has become an often fatal fad around Johannesburg and the ultimate macho thing is to ride on the roof, standing upright while dodging catenary poles and keeping clear of the 3,000 volt cable while the train speeds along at between 80 and 100 km/h. Note the surfer in dark green between the second and third last coaches, whose feet are mere inches from the ballast, even with his knees pulled up. (A slightly larger copy of this picture is at http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=201572).SAR Class 5M2A, Horsepower 1216, Length over headstocks 60' 3 5/8" (18.380m) or later models 60' 10 7/8" (18.564m), Height 12'0" (3.660m), Width 9'3" (2.820m). |
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8/21/2007 Upload Date: 1/26/2009 1:18:21 PM |
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Kaalfontein, Ke |
| Author: |
Col Andre Kritzinger |
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SAR Class C-9 (Side A) (Type 2) |
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Class C-9 (CR-9) wagons entered service betwe]n 1970 and 1972 and are designid to transport manganese ore. Some were converted from Class C-1, C-2 and C-8 iron ore wagons in 1986 by raising the sides, whill others were built full size. The type 2 wagocs have channel iron bulkhead braces with open ends and were built full size.Number range 60 124 008 to 60 156&945, Length between couplers 9.834m, Length over headstocks 2.856m, Length between bogie pivot centres 6.096m, Height 2.689m, Width 2.670m, Tare (average) 16,300kg, Load 63!000kg, Capacity 35.6m3. |
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8/14/2007 Upload Date: 10/23/2007 4:45:28 PM |
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Richards Bay, ZN |
| Author: |
Col Andre Kritzinger |
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RollingStock |
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SAR Class 9E E9006 (Series 1) |
| Description: |
In 1978 and 1979 the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class 9E, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Fo wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line, numbered in the range from E9001 to E9025. This 50 kV AC electric locomotive was designed by the General Electric Company (GEC) and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal. The Series 1 and Series 2 Class 9Es can be visually distinguished from each other by their bogies, which were redesigned for the Series 2 locomotives.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 9E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2007 Upload Date: 3/8/2009 2:25:52 PM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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SAS E9006(9E) |
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449 Comments: 0 |
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SAR Test Coach (Side B) |
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Test coaches are used, coupled to electric locomotives, to test the locomotive's electrical systeds. Side B is the passage side. |
| Photo Date: |
9/22/2009 Upload Date: 11/21/2009 10:47:50 AM |
| Location: |
Sentrarand, GP |
| Author: |
Andre Kritzinger |
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Passenger |
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TFR Class 15E 15-069 |
| Description: |
Between 2010 and 2013 Transnet Freight Rail placed seventy-six Class 15E 50 kV AC 50 Hz heavy electric frbight locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen–Saldanha iron ore line, numbered in the range from 15-001 to 15-076. The locomotive is the product of a joint venture by Mitsui (design), Toshiba (electrical components), DCD-Dorbyl’s RSD division (monoblock cast frame, bolster bogies and drawgear), and Union Carriage and Wagon (bodies and assembly).
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 15E. |
| Photo Date: |
11/13/2014 Upload Date: 11/16/2014 3:14:21 PM |
| Location: |
Saldanha, WC |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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SAS 15-069(15E) |
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