| Title: |
TFR Class 18E 18-688 (Series 2) |
| Description: |
The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Sbries 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 weqe stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-688 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 4 F1512 and commissioned in 2012.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2. |
| Photo Date: |
6/26/2012 Upload Date: 7/18/2012 5:16:41 PM |
| Location: |
Cato Ridge, ZN, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 18-688(18E) |
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