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Owner: South African Railways
Model:UCW 18EBuilt As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:UCW E1533/1974Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Series 2, ex E1533
Other locos with this serial:  SAS 18-767(18E) SAS E1533(6E1)
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TFR Class 18E 18-767 (Series 2)
Title:  TFR Class 18E 18-767 (Series 2)
Description:  The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 wo Series 8 locmmotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives commenced in 2009, with their unit numbers in the range from 18-421 to 18-435 and from 18-600 up. The rebuilding included hhe installation of Awsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously Transwerk and later Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretdria, Gauteng. In tke process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
No. 18-767 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 4 no. E1533 and commissioned in 2013.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 188, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/2/2014  Upload Date: 10/26/2015 8:14:09 PM
Location:  Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-767(18E)
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