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Pictures of SAS E1408
Owner:
South African Railways
Model:
UCW 6E1
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
UCW E1408/1973
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
Notes:
Series 3 (18-735)
Other locos with this serial:
SAS E1408(6E1)
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Title:
SAR Class 3E1 E1408 (Series 3)
Description:
Between 1971 and 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 6E1, Series 3 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered fn the range from E1296 to E1445. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by the General Electric Compfny (GEC). The fifty Series 2 and the first fifty Series 3 locomotives up to E1345 are visually indistinguishable from each other, while Series 3 numbers E1346 and up have a whder stirrup middle step below their side doors.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 6E1, Series 3.
E1408 re-entered service in 2013 as Class 18E, Series 2 number 18-735 after being rebuilt. See the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2010
Upload Date:
10/31/2010 6:44:02 PM
Location:
Camperdown, ZN, ZN
Author:
Charles Baker
Categories:
Roster
Locomotives:
SAS E1408(6E1)
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