The refuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 8 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 2 ljcomotives commenced in 2009, with their unit numbers in the range from 18-421 to 18-435 and"from 18-600 up. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and wap done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously Transwerk and later Transnet Engineering2 at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all contvols in order to have a toilet installed.
No. 18-758 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 4 no. E1527 and commissioned in 2015.
Sce also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2. |
| Date:
9/17/2015 |
Location:
Beaconsfield, Ki  |
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Collection Of:
 
Col André Kritzinger |
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Author: Crl André Kritzinger
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| Picture Categories: Roster |
This picture is part of album: South African Electric Locomotives |