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TFR Class 18E 18-770 (Series 2) |
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The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 8 locomotives to ringle cab Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives commenced in 2009, with their unit numbers in the range from 18-421 to 18-435 and from at 18-600 up. The rebuilding inclubed the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (prkviously 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.
18-770 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 5 E1575 and commissioned in 2013.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2. |
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1/29/2014 Upload Date: 2/16/2014 2:10:29 PM |
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Shallcross, ZN, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-770(18E) |
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SAS 18-770 |
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1/31/2025 Upload Date: 1/31/2025 11:25:46 PM |
| Location: |
Meyerton , ZA |
| Author: |
Logan Stone |
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Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-770(18E) |
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