International Railroad Discussion > Heavy Electrics in South Africa

A trio of Transnet Class 18E series 2 electrics head into the Golden Hour near Johannesburg, South Africa, waiting on the famous Blue Train to pass by.  These were built between 1969 & 1984 by Union Carriage & Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with GE electrical components as class 6E1 and rebuilt in recent times. While there is still quite a bit of freight action, most of the signal systems have been destroyed by copper wire theft, so it makes slow going even on the main lines.

-Jim Fetchero

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RailRyder Wrote:
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> GE electrical components as class 6E1 and rebuilt
> in recent times.
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> -Jim Fetchero

Nice picture, good to see the old stagers still at work. I think the electrical components came from EE/AEI before they were folded into GEC.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/24 13:42 by 86235.