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.
18-698 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 5 E1553 and commissioned in 2013.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2. |
| Date:
5/23/2013 |
Location:
Beaufort West, WC  |
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Collection Of:
 
Col André Kritzinger |
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Author: Col André Kritzinger
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| Picture Categories: Roster |
This picture is part of album: South African Electric Locomotives |