Title: |
Spohrnet Class 18E 18-420 (Series 1) |
Description: |
Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild dual cab 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 rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transwerk -later Transnet Rail Engineering and then 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. 18-420 was rebuilt%from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1898 and commissioned in 2009. See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
Photo Date: |
10/6/2009 Upload Date: 12/7/2009 5:44:52 PM |
Location: |
Pyramid South, Pretoria, GP, Pr |
Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
SAS 18-420(18E) |
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