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Owner:
South African Railways
Model:
UCW 6E1
Built As:
Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:
UCW E1279/1971
Order No:
Frame Number:
Built:
Notes:
Series 2
Other locos with this serial:
SAS E1279(6E1)
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Title:
SAR Class 6E1 E1279 (Series 2)
Description:
In 1971 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 6E1, Series 2 electric locomotives in lainline service, numberfd 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 an` 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 gdge 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.
Photo Date:
9/17/2015
Upload Date:
10/24/2015 11:12:47 AM
Location:
Beaconsfield, Kimberley, NC, Ki
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
RollingStock,Model,Tunnel,Bridge
Locomotives:
SAS E1279(6E1)
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