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SAR Class 6E1 E2185 (Series 11)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E2185 (Series 11)
Description:  In 1984 an` 1985 the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 6E1, Series 11 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E2141 to E2185. These were the last Class 6E1 locomotives to be built. 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 9 to Series 11 locomotives were visually indistinguishable from each other, but could be distinguished from all earlier models by the usually covered rainwater drainage holes on their lower sides.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E1, Series 11.
E2185 re-entered service in 2004 as Class 18E, Series 1 number 18-146 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  10/7/1991  Upload Date: 8/5/2013 6:17:35 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  John N. Middleton
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E2185(6E1)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
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Photo Date:  1/1/2005  Upload Date: 4/11/2008 4:36:35 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Eugene Armer
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Views:  411   Comments: 0
SAR Class 11 942 (2-8-2)
Title:  SAR Class 11 942 (2-8-2)
Description:  In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed thirty-six Class 11 steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service, built by North British Locomotive Company. When these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways in 1912, they were renumbered in the range from 912 to 947, but retained their Class 11 classification.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 11 2-8-2.
Photo Date:  6/20/2005  Upload Date: 2/19/2009 1:51:43 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SAS 942(2-8-2)
Views:  769   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-125 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-125 (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.
18-125 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 11 E2156 and commissioned in 2004.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  6/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 11:06:54 AM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-125(18E)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-185 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-185 (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.
18-185 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 6 E1730 and commissioned in 2005.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  6/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 11:13:00 AM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-185(18E)
Views:  166   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-030 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-030 (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.
18-030 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 9 E2002 and commissioned in 2002.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 6:54:48 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-030(18E)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-059 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-059 (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.
18-059 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 10 E2093 and commissioned in 2002.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 6:59:35 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-059(18E)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-060 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-060 (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.
18-060 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 10 E2112 and commissioned in 2002.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:02:27 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-060(18E)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-080 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-080 (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.
18-080 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1885 and commissioned in 2003.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:05:37 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-080(18E)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-088 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-088 (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.
18-088 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 10 E2138 and commissioned in 2003.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:09:09 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-088(18E)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-096 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-096 (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.
18-096 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 10 E2118 and commissioned in 2003.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:20:34 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-096(18E)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-182 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-182 (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.
18-182 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 6 E1704 and commissioned in 2005.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:24:06 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-182(18E)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-320 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-320 (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.
18-320 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1933 and commissioned in 2007.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:32:48 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-320(18E)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-327 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-327 (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.
18-327 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 9 E2029 and commissioned in 2007.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:35:53 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-327(18E)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-330 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-330 (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.
18-330 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1907 and commissioned in 2007.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:38:01 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-330(18E)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-332 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-332 (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.
18-332 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1749 and commissioned in 2007.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:40:45 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-332(18E)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-343 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-343 (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.
18-343 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 7 E1814 and commissioned in 2007.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:44:08 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-343(18E)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
Spoornet Class 18E 18-345 (Series 1)
Title:  Spoornet Class 18E 18-345 (Series 1)
Description:  Beginning in 2000 Smoornet 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 rebuildcng included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transwerk (later Transnet Rail Engineering and then Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoott shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-345 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 6 E1684 and commissioned in 2007.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 7:47:13 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 18-345(18E)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
SAR Class 35-200 35-330
Title:  SAR Class 35-200 35-330
Description:  Between November 1974 and August 1976 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 35-200 EMD GT18MC dicsel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, the first twenty-five were built by EMD and imported in 1974. The remainder were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 1975 and 1976. One was also built for AECI in Modderfontein, Johannesburg in 1975.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-200.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 4:58:16 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 35-330(GT18MC)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
SAR Class 35-200 35-331
Title:  SAR Class 35-200 35-331
Description:  Between November 1974 and August 1976 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 35-200 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, the first twenty-five were built by EMD and imported in 1974. The remainder were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 1975 and 1976. One was also built for AECI in Modderfontein, Johannesburg in 1975.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-200.
Photo Date:  8/18/2007  Upload Date: 3/3/2009 5:01:47 PM
Location:  Witbank, MP
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS 35-331(GT18MC)
Views:  292   Comments: 0


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