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Viewing Album:  South African Electric Locomotives
 
By:Col André Kritzinger
Dates:10/15/2015 - 10/15/2015
Album Info:Electric locomotives of Transnet Freight Rail and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, the former South African Railways, later Spoornet. Here is one picture of every South African electric locomotive I've ever photographed, A to Z by loco number, and here and there the same loco in a different paint scheme. I am receiving assistance from fellow railfans in the attempt to post a picture of each and every SA locomotive, most notably from Charles Baker, driver Noel Welch, John Middleton and an anonymous Railfan.
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SAR Class 6E1 E1511 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1511 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1511 re-entered service in 2014 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-784 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  4/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/23/2010 9:23:12 AM
Location:  Bloemfontein, FS
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1511(6E1)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1512 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1512 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1512 re-entered service in 2012 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-688 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/25/2010  Upload Date: 9/5/2010 7:52:06 PM
Location:  Bayhead Yard, Du
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1512(6E1)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1513 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1513 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1513 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-843 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  2/4/2011  Upload Date: 4/7/2011 4:58:51 PM
Location:  Bayhead Yard, Du
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1513(6E1)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1514 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1514 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1514 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-836 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  4/29/2013  Upload Date: 10/9/2010 8:07:24 PM
Location:  Bloemfontein, FS
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1514(6E1)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1515 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1515 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  10/3/2006  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 11:17:36 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1515(6E1)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1519 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1519 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1519 re-entered service in 2011 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-650 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/5/2007  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 6:30:53 PM
Location:  Ladysmith, ZN
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1519(6E1)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1520 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1520 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  8/13/2007  Upload Date: 11/7/2007 3:47:32 PM
Location:  Mandini, ZN
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1520(6E1)
Views:  1195   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1521 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1521 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1521 re-entered service in 2010 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-643 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/2/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 2:21:24 PM
Location:  Koedoespoort, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1521(6E1)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1522 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1522 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1522 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-839 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/24/2013  Upload Date: 12/23/2010 9:32:23 AM
Location:  Beaconsfield, Ki
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1522(6E1)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1523 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1523 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  10/2/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 2:24:57 PM
Location:  Koedoespoort, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1523(6E1)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1524 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1524 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction notors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step belov the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1524 re-entered service in 2011 as Class 18E, Series 2%number 18-674 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/14/2010  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 6:48:56 PM
Location:  Camperdown, ZN
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1524(6E1)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1525 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1525 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from hach other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  4/24/2007  Upload Date: 1/28/2013 9:52:04 AM
Location:  Danskraal, La
Author:  John N. Middleton
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1525(6E1)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1526 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1526 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1526 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-740 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  3/21/2010  Upload Date: 3/22/2010 9:23:30 AM
Location:  Nottingham Road, ZN
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1526(6E1)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1527 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1527 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1527 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-758 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  12/3/2010  Upload Date: 12/23/2010 9:38:21 AM
Location:  King's Rest, ZN
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1527(6E1)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1528 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1528 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  9/30/2006  Upload Date: 12/13/2006 3:55:38 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1528(6E1)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1529 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1529 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1529 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-833 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/5/2007  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 6:33:27 PM
Location:  Ladysmith, ZN
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1529(6E1)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1530 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1530 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1530 re-entered service in 2011 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-656 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/9/2009  Upload Date: 12/8/2009 7:02:08 PM
Location:  Koedoespoort, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1530(6E1)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1531 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1531 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1531 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-718 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  2/25/2011  Upload Date: 4/7/2011 5:08:15 PM
Location:  Bayhead Yard, Du
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1531(6E1)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1532 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1532 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1532 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-739 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/5/2007  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 6:36:08 PM
Location:  Ladysmith, ZN
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1532(6E1)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1533 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1533 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1533 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-767 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  11/14/2010  Upload Date: 12/23/2010 10:17:32 AM
Location:  Durban, ZN
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1533(6E1)
Views:  309   Comments: 1
SAR Class 6E1 E1534 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1534 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
Photo Date:  8/5/2007  Upload Date: 11/7/2007 3:38:02 PM
Location:  Ladysmith, ZN
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1534(6E1)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1535 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1535 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1535 re-entered service in 2010 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-636 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/9/2009  Upload Date: 12/8/2009 7:05:10 PM
Location:  Koedoespoort, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1535(6E1)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1536 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1536 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1536 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-717 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/31/2010 8:06:31 PM
Location:  Bayhead Yard, Du
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1536(6E1)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1537 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1537 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1537 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-753 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/11/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 12:28:05 PM
Location:  Bayhead Depot, Du
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1537(6E1)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1538 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1538 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1538 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-694 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  9/16/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 1:54:17 PM
Location:  Beaufort West, WC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1538(6E1)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1540 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1540 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1540 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-746 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/14/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 3:58:07 PM
Location:  Empangeni, ZN
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1540(6E1)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1542 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1542 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
E1542 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-780 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/3/2013  Upload Date: 6/8/2013 10:12:59 AM
Location:  Klerksdorp, NW
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1542(6E1)
Views:  255   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1544 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1544 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South Afrrcan Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built b} Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogres and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Se{ies 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Clas 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1544 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-749 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on tge South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/13/2009  Upload Date: 12/9/2009 10:58:03 AM
Location:  Orkney, NW
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1544(6E1)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1545 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1545 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1545 re-entered service in 2014 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-781 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  2/27/2011  Upload Date: 4/7/2011 5:23:18 PM
Location:  Durban, ZN
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1545(6E1)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1546 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1546 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
No. E1546 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-726 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  3/19/2011  Upload Date: 12/9/2009 1:31:23 PM
Location:  Bellville, Ca
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1546(6E1)
Views:  238   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1550 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1550 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 3/4/2009 8:16:01 PM
Location:  Olifantsfontein, GP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1550(6E1)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1550 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1550 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  10/9/2009  Upload Date: 12/8/2009 7:09:50 PM
Location:  Koedoespoort, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1550(6E1)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1551 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1551 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  8/8/2007  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 8:47:15 PM
Location:  Bayhead Yard, Du
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1551(6E1)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1552 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1552 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  1/13/2010  Upload Date: 7/20/2009 5:17:06 PM
Location:  Bellville, Ca
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1552(6E1)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
SAR Class 5E1 E1040 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 5E1 E1040 (Series 5)
Description:  Between 1966 and 1969 the South African Railways placed two hundred and twenty-five Class 5E1, Series 5 ele|tric locomotives in service, numbered in the range from E921 to E1145. Designed by Metropolitan-Vickers, they were built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. The locomotive body design was changed from rounded corners to squared corners somewhere between the construction of number E941, still with rounded corners, and E948 which has squared corners.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 5E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  6/29/2013  Upload Date: 7/8/2013 4:06:02 PM
Location:  Durban, ZN
Author:  Charles Baker
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1040(5E1)
Views:  646   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1553 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1553 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1553 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-698 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/5/2006  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 2:54:19 PM
Location:  Capital Park, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1553(6E1)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1554 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1554 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  5/2/2013  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 3:47:55 PM
Location:  Warrenton, NC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1554(6E1)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1555 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1555 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  9/16/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 2:02:08 PM
Location:  Beaufort West, WC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1555(6E1)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1556 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1556 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
No. E1556 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-835 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  9/18/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 4:38:26 PM
Location:  Beaconsfield, Ki
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1556(6E1)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1557 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1557 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1557 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-777 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  9/22/2006  Upload Date: 4/25/2007 8:26:23 PM
Location:  Slypklip, NC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1557(6E1)
Views:  988   Comments: 1
SAR Class 6E1 E1558 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1558 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range arom E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn froi revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotiv`s, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
No. E1558 re-entered service in 2014 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-828 after being recuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/13/2009  Upload Date: 12/9/2009 11:02:05 AM
Location:  Orkney, NW
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1558(6E1)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1559 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1559 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
Photo Date:  8/23/2007  Upload Date: 11/7/2007 4:02:44 PM
Location:  Klerksdorp, NW
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1559(6E1)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1560 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1560 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
No. E1560 re-entered service in 2014 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-822 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 7:48:09 PM
Location:  Sentrarand, GP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1560(6E1)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1561 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1561 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1561 re-entered service in 2011 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-668 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  8/11/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 12:30:55 PM
Location:  Bayhead Depot, Du
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1561(6E1)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1563 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1563 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1563 re-entered service in 2014 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-800 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/22/2013 3:53:40 PM
Location:  Sentrarand, GP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1563(6E1)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1564 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1564 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1564 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-727 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  9/17/2009  Upload Date: 12/5/2009 2:44:27 PM
Location:  Beaconsfield, Ki
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1564(6E1)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1566 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1566 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1566 re-entered service in 2011 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-661 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/2/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 2:27:45 PM
Location:  Koedoespoort, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1566(6E1)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1567 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1567 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1567 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-705 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/20/2009  Upload Date: 12/9/2009 1:54:31 PM
Location:  Worcester, WC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1567(6E1)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1569 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1569 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
No. E1569 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-778 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  9/28/2006  Upload Date: 12/13/2006 4:08:48 PM
Location:  Capital Park, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1569(6E1)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1570 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1570 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1570 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-734 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/5/2006  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 2:58:42 PM
Location:  Capital Park, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1570(6E1)
Views:  242   Comments: 0

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