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Spoornet Class 18E 18-121 (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.
18-121 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 10 E2130 and commissioned in 2004.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
7/5/2011 Upload Date: 7/5/2013 5:56:47 PM |
| Location: |
Umkomaas, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-121(18E) |
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| Title: |
TFR Class 18E 18-683 (Series 2) |
| Description: |
The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 8 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives commenced in 2009, with their running numbers beginning at 18-600. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously Transwerk and later 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.
18-683 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 3 E1375 and commissioned in 2012.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2. |
| Photo Date: |
2/4/2012 Upload Date: 2/5/2012 8:57:36 AM |
| Location: |
Wagondrift Dam-Beaco, ZA |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-683(18E) |
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229 Comments: 0 |
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