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SAR Class 6E1 E1506 (Series 4) |
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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. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2007 Upload Date: 11/7/2007 3:25:22 PM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
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Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS E1506(6E1) |
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252 Comments: 0 |
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SAR Class 35-600 35-640 |
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Between September 1976 and June 1978 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, they were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth, numbered in the ranges 35-601 to 35-650 and 35-651 to 35-700. A single Class 35-600 GT18MC locomotive was also built new in 1977 for Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-600. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2007 Upload Date: 3/3/2009 2:21:42 PM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-640(GT18MC) |
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242 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAR Class 35-600 35-630 |
| Description: |
Between September 1976 and June 1978 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, they were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth, numbered in the ranges 35-601 to 35-650 and 35-651 to 35-700. A single Class 35-600 GT18MC locomotive was also built new in 1977 for Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-600. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2007 Upload Date: 11/1/2007 10:22:34 AM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-630(GT18MC) |
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239 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAR Class 35-600 35-629 |
| Description: |
Between September 1976 and June 1978 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, they were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth, numbered in the ranges 35-601 to 35-650 and 35-651 to 35-700. A single Class 35-600 GT18MC locomotive was also built new in 1977 for Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-600. |
| Photo Date: |
7/2/2010 Upload Date: 7/3/2010 4:59:11 PM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-629(GT18MC) |
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238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAR Class 35-600 35-615 |
| Description: |
Between September 1976 and June 1978 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. Designed by Electro-Motive Diesel, they were built in two batches by General Motors South Africa in Port Elizabeth, numbered in the ranges 35-601 to 35-650 and 35-651 to 35-700. A single Class 35-600 GT18MC locomotive was also built new in 1977 for Columbus Stainless in Middelburg, Transvaal.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 35-600. |
| Photo Date: |
10/16/2010 Upload Date: 10/31/2010 5:33:22 PM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-615(GT18MC) |
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263 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Bridge |
| Description: |
Near Estcourt |
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8/10/2012 Upload Date: 10/15/2013 12:24:05 AM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Keith Owen |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAR Class 35-200 35-336 |
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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 was 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: |
1/3/2015 Upload Date: 10/20/2015 8:32:55 PM |
| Location: |
Estcourt, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 35-336(GT18MC) |
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159 Comments: 0 |
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