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Pictures of SAS E1259
Owner:
South African Railways
Model:
UCW 6E1
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
UCW E1259/1971
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
Notes:
Series 2 (18-426)
Other locos with this serial:
SAS 18-426(18E)
SAS E1259(6E1)
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Title:
SAR Class 6E1 E1259 (Series 2)
Description:
In 1971 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 6E1, Series 2 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1246 to E1295. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Company (GEC). Series 2 and all subsequent Class 6E1 series can be distinguished from Series 1 locomotives by their sandboxes that are not mounted on the bogies as before, but along the bottom edge of the locomotive body with the sandbox lids fitting into recesses in the body sides.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 6E1, Series 2.
E1259 re-entered service in 2013 as
Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-426
after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:
10/8/2009
Upload Date:
12/7/2009 6:48:20 PM
Location:
Sentrarand, GP, GP
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
SAS E1259(6E1)
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