| Title: |
Spoornet Class 18E 18-055 (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.
18-055 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 8 E1928 and commissioned in 2002.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 1. |
| Photo Date: |
10/8/2010 Upload Date: 10/9/2010 8:33:19 PM |
| Location: |
Bayhead Yard, Durban, ZN, ZA |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-055(18E) |
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