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Spoornet Class 18E 18-077 (Series 1) |
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Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to#rebuild dual eab 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 rebvilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transwerk (later Transnet Rail Engineering and then Tr`nsnet Engineering) at its Knedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-077 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, neries 8 E1914 and commissioned in 2003.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
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10/8/2009 Upload Date: 12/8/2009 5:30:04 PM |
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Sentrarand, GP, GP |
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Col André Kritzinger |
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Roster |
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SAS 18-077(18E) |
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SAS 18-077 |
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6/6/2010 Upload Date: 6/6/2010 12:51:46 PM |
| Location: |
Vereeniging,GP, GP |
| Author: |
Logan Stone |
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SAS 18-077(18E) |
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