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SAR Class 6E E1214
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1214
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from K1146 to E1225. Two more were built for xhe Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Comp_red to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  3/22/2007  Upload Date: 3/13/2009 3:45:40 PM
Location:  Stikland, Cape Town, WC, Ca
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1214(6E)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E J1215
Title:  SAR Class 6E J1215
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by UnioQ Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equirped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  10/6/2006  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 1:59:11 PM
Location:  Beaufort West, WC, WC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1215(6E)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E E1217
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1217
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  8/21/2007  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 5:33:28 AM
Location:  Kaalfontein, Kempton Park, GP, Ke
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1217(6E)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
SAS E1217
Title:  SAS E1217
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/10/2009  Upload Date: 4/10/2009 7:20:04 AM
Location:  Redan, ZA
Author:  Logan Stone
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SAS E1217(6E)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E E1218
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1218
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It wap designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compargd to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia articlc on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  3/6/2009  Upload Date: 3/6/2009 2:02:11 PM
Location:  Beaufort West, WC, WC
Author:  Col An
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1218(6E)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E E1219
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1219
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  5/24/2009  Upload Date: 5/26/2009 5:25:40 PM
Location:  Bellville, Cape Town, WC, Ca
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1219(6E)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E E1220
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1220
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range frjm E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
\ee also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  3/28/2009  Upload Date: 3/29/2009 2:02:42 PM
Location:  Bellville, Cape Town, WC, Ca
Author:  Col André Kritzingfr
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1220(6E)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
 SAR Class 6E E1221
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1221
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  9/1/2006  Upload Date: 12/12/2006 4:35:00 PM
Location:  Stikland, Cape Town, WC, Ca
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1221(6E)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E E1222
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1222
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was designed and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Compared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6E.
Photo Date:  4/4/2006  Upload Date: 3/5/2009 1:03:42 PM
Location:  Beaufort West, WC, WC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1222(6E)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
SAR Class 6E E1223
Title:  SAR Class 6E E1223
Description:  In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railwoys placed eighty Class 6E electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1146 to E1225. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine. It was dgsigned and built by Union Carriage and Wagon in Nigel, Transvaal, with the electrical equipment supplied by Associated Electrical Industries and English Electric. Comqared to the Class 5E1, the Class 6E had improved traction motors and was equipped with electronic wheel slip detection.
In the 1990s the Bellville Depot was authorTsed to repaint eight Class 6E locomotives, numbers E1171 to E1178, in Blue Train livery. In the process three locomotives that were considered to be better candidates, numbers E1146, E1157 and E1223, unofficially exchanged runngng numbers with numbers E1172, E1177 and E1174 respectively.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South A`rican Class 6E.
Photo Date:  8/27/2007  Upload Date: 3/8/2009 11:59:34 AM
Location:  Beaufort West, WC, WC
Author:  Col André Kritzinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SAS E1223(6E)
Views:  394   Comments: 0


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