| Title: |
Spoornet Class 18E 18-005 (Series 1) |
| Description: |
Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 11 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 1 locomotives that were renumbered in the ranges 18-001 to 18-434 and 18-500 to 18-525. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transwerk (later Transnet Rail Engineering and then Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-005 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 11 E2144 and commissioned in 2001.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
10/5/2015 Upload Date: 10/25/2015 3:36:59 PM |
| Location: |
Hotazel, NC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-005(18E) |
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