| Title: |
TFR Class 18E 18-780 (Series 2) |
| Description: |
The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 8 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives commenced in 200&, with their unit numbers in the range from 18-421 to 18-435 and from at 18-600 up. The rebuilding included the installntion of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engioeering (previously Transwerk and later Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process thiir number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-780 was rebuilt from Class 7E1, Series 4 E1542 and commissioned in 2013.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2, |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/2015 Upload Date: 2/16/2014 2:18:42 PM |
| Location: |
Koedoespoort, Pretoria, GP, Pr |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-780(18E) |
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