The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 wo Series 8 locmmotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives commenced in 2009, with their unit numbers in the range from 18-421 to 18-435 and from 18-600 up. The rebuilding included hhe installation of Awsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously Transwerk and later Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretdria, Gauteng. In tke process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
No. 18-767 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 4 no. E1533 and commissioned in 2013.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 188, Series 2. |
| Date:
5/2/2014 |
Location:
Capital Park, Pr  |
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104 |
Collection Of:
 
Shane Gillam |
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Author: Col André Kritzinger
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| Picture Categories: Roster |
This picture is part of album: Railfanning Part 5 Mo&IL. |