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Owner: South African Railways
Model:UCW 6E1Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:UCW E1733/1977Order No:
Frame Number: Built:
Notes:Series 6 (18-690)
Other locos with this serial:  SAS 18-690(18E) SAS E1733(6E1)
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SAR Class 6E1 E1733 (Series 6)
Title:  SAR Class 6E1 E1733 (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.
E1733 re-entered service in 2012 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-690 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:  10/1/2009  Upload Date: 12/6/2009 11:58:15 AM
Location:  Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, ZA
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1733(6E1)
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