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Spoornet Class 18E 18-405 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-405 (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.
18-405 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 6 E1738 and commissioned in 2008.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/7/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:14:07 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-405(18E)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-415 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-415 (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.
18-415 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1957 and commissioned in 2009.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/7/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:21:33 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-415(18E)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-000 34-092
Title:  SAR Class 34-000 34-092
Description:  Between July 1971 and March 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-five Class 34-000 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by General Electric, the first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built in South Africa by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 to 34-125.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-000.
Photo Date:  10/7/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 6:11:22 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-092(U26C)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-400 34-401
Title:  SAR Class 34-400 34-401
Description:  Between April 1973 and November 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Numbered in the range from 34-401 to 34-500, the locomotive was designed by General Electric and built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl).
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-400
Photo Date:  10/7/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 6:15:38 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-401(U26C)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 38-000 38-001
Title:  Spoornet Class 38-000 38-001
Description:  Between 1992 and 1994 Spoornet placed fifty Class 38-000 locomotives in service. It was designed for Spoornet by a Consortium led by Siemens and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal. They are dual powered electro-diesel locomotives, capable of running either on 3 kV electricity off the catenary or on diesel alone. In 1992 three Class E38 locomotives were also built for Amcoal Mines for use at the Landau Colliery near Witbank, Mpumalanga. These are electric locomotives identical in appearance to the Class 38-000, but designed for 3 kV electric operation only.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 38-000.
Photo Date:  10/7/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 6:21:12 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 38-001(UNKNOWN)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
TAL 42U1 TCLU 702241 6
Title:  TAL 42U1 TCLU 702241 6
Description:  TAL 40 Foot Open Top Shipping Container.
TAL International, formerly Transamerica Leasing based in Purchase, New York, is one of the oldest container service providers and serves almost all major shipping companies in the world.
Photo Date:  10/7/2009  Upload Date: 8/14/2017 7:20:53 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  621   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1620 (Series 5)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1620 (Series 5)
Description:  In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). One of them, E1600, was later withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt to an experimental 25 kV AC locomotive. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 5.
E1620 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-731 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:25:28 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1620(6E1)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1708 (Series 6)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1708 (Series 6)
Description:  Between 1975 and 1977 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 6 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1646 to E1745. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). The Series 6 and Series 7 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other, but can be distinguished from earlier series models by their rainwater beadings above the small grilles on the sides just to the right of the side doors.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 6.
No. E1708 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-757 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:29:47 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1708(6E1)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-156 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-156 (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.
18-156 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1997 and commissioned in 2004.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:33:02 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-156(18E)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-409 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-409 (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.
18-409 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1821 and commissioned in 2008.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:37:15 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-409(18E)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-412 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-412 (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.
18-412 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1857 and commissioned in 2009.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:40:34 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-412(18E)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-504 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-504 (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.
18-504 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 6 E1650 and commissioned in 2009.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 6:44:30 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-504(18E)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-000 34-124
Title:  SAR Class 34-000 34-124
Description:  Between July 1971 and March 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-five Class 34-000 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by General Electric, the first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built in South Africa by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 to 34-125.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-000.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 6:25:46 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-124(U26C)
Views:  332   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 38-000 38-035
Title:  Spoornet Class 38-000 38-035
Description:  Between 1992 and 1994 Spoornet placed fifty Class 38-000 locomotives in service. It was designed for Spoornet by a Consortium led by Siemens and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal. They are dual powered electro-diesel locomotives, capable of running either on 3 kV electricity off the catenary or on diesel alone. In 1992 three Class E38 locomotives were also built for Amcoal Mines for use at the Landau Colliery near Witbank, Mpumalanga. These are electric locomotives identical in appearance to the Class 38-000, but designed for 3 kV electric operation only.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 38-000.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 6:30:34 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 38-035(UNKNOWN)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 38-000 38-044
Title:  Spoornet Class 38-000 38-044
Description:  Between 1992 and 1994 Spoornet placed fifty Class 38-000 locomotives in service. It was designed for Spoornet by a Consortium led by Siemens and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal. They are dual powered electro-diesel locomotives, capable of running either on 3 kV electricity off the catenary or on diesel alone. In 1992 three Class E38 locomotives were also built for Amcoal Mines for use at the Landau Colliery near Witbank, Mpumalanga. These are electric locomotives identical in appearance to the Class 38-000, but designed for 3 kV electric operation only.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 38-000.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 11/27/2009 6:35:21 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 38-044(UNKNOWN)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
DAL 45G1 DAYU 610979 0
Title:  DAL 45G1 DAYU 610979 0
Description:  DAL 40 Foot High Cube Dry Shipping Container.
Deutsche Afrika-Linien operates tradisional liner and intermodal services to Southern Africa, East Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean.
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/13/2017 9:54:46 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  60   Comments: 0
MSC 22G1 MEDU 124666 6
Title:  MSC 22G1 MEDU 124666 6
Description:  MSC 20 Foot Dry Shipping Container.
The Geneva-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company is the world's second-largest shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity. As of the end of December 2014 MSC was operating 471 container vessels with an intake capacity of 2,435,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/14/2017 5:52:06 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   Comments: 0
MSC 22G1 MEDU 183913 1
Title:  MSC 22G1 MEDU 183913 1
Description:  MSC 20 Foot Dry Shipping Container.
The Geneva-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company is the world's second-largest shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity. As of the end of December 2014 MSC was operating 471 container vessels with an intake capacity of 2,435,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).
Photo Date:  10/8/2009  Upload Date: 8/14/2017 5:57:00 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives: 
Views:  72   Comments: 0
SAR Class 10M Coach (Side A)
Title:  SAR Class 10M Coach (Side A)
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/18/2009  Upload Date: 11/18/2009 2:47:49 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
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SAR Class 6E1 E1507 (Series 4)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1507 (Series 4)
Description:  In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1446 to E1545. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration it reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world speed record on Cape gauge. Apart from the narrower stirrup step below the side doors of Series 3 number E1345 and earlier locomotives, Series 3 to Series 5 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 4.
No. E1507 re-entered service in 2015 as Class 18E, Series 2 no. 18-838 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/9/2013  Upload Date: 6/21/2013 2:52:15 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1507(6E1)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-390 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-390 (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.
18-390 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1751 and commissioned in 2008.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/9/2013  Upload Date: 6/29/2013 4:19:00 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-390(18E)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
TFR Class 18E 18-733 (Series 2)
Title:  TFR Class 18E 18-733 (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 2009, with their running numbers beginning at 18-600. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously 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.
18-733 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 5 E1594 and commissioned in 2013.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  5/9/2013  Upload Date: 7/1/2013 7:18:08 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-733(18E)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E1 E1445 (Series 3)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1445 (Series 3)
Description:  Between 1971 and 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 6E1, Series 3 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1296 to E1445. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). The fifty Series 2 and the first fifty Series 3 locomotives up to E1345 are visually indistinguishable from each other, while Series 3 numbers E1346 and up have a wider stirrup middle step below their side doors.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 3.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/20/2013 6:41:41 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1445(6E1)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-073 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-073 (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.
18-073 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 9 E2075 and commissioned in 2003.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 12/24/2010 7:22:29 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-073(18E)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-179 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-179 (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.
18-179 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 10 E2089 and commissioned in 2005.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/29/2013 3:17:50 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-179(18E)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-190 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-190 (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.
18-190 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 6 E1656 and commissioned in 2005.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 2/1/2011 5:47:04 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-190(18E)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-205 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-205 (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.
18-205 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1894 and commissioned in 2005.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2011 6:59:08 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-205(18E)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-265 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-265 (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.
18-265 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1849 and commissioned in 2006.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2011 7:12:02 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-265(18E)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-284 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-284 (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.
18-284 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1906 and commissioned in 2006.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 12/24/2010 9:53:53 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-284(18E)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-524 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-524 (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.
18-524 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1825 and commissioned in 2009.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 12/7/2009 1:41:56 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-524(18E)
Views:  247   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-000 34-042
Title:  SAR Class 34-000 34-042
Description:  Between July 1971 and March 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-five Class 34-000 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by General Electric, the first three locomotives were built by GE and imported, numbered in the range from 34-001 to 34-003, while the remainder were built in South Africa by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl) and numbered in the range from 34-004 to!34-125.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-000.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/14/2013 7:08:26 PM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-042(U26C)
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SAR Class 34-400 34-421
Title:  SAR Class 34-400 34-421
Description:  Between April 1973 and November 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Numbered in the range from 34-401 to 34-500, the locomotive was designed by General Electric and built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl).
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-400
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/15/2013 10:59:17 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-421(U26C)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-400 34-422
Title:  SAR Class 34-400 34-422
Description:  Between April 1973 and November 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Numbered in the range from 34-401 to 34-500, the locomotive was designed by General Electric and built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl).
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-400
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/15/2013 11:07:52 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-422(U26C)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-400 34-461
Title:  SAR Class 34-400 34-461
Description:  Between April 1973 and November 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Numbered in the range from 34-401 to 34-500, the locomotive was designed by General Electric and built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl).
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-400
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/15/2013 11:26:57 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-461(U26C)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
SAR Class 34-400 34-479
Title:  SAR Class 34-400 34-479
Description:  Between April 1973 and November 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service. Numbered in the range from 34-401 to 34-500, the locomotive was designed by General Electric and built by the South African General Electric-Dorman Long Locomotive Group (SA GE-DL, later Dorbyl).
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 34-400
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 6/15/2013 11:32:52 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 34-479(U26C)
Views:  214   Comments: 0


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