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South African Class 22E
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.· from 2015· South African electric locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 22E 22-020: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 22E 22-009: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 22E 22-012: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 22E 22-013: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Class 22E 22-013 compressor: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Class 22E 22-013 magnet relay: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Class 22E 22-013 plates: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Class 22E 22-041 BP: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Class 22E 22-045: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Class 22E 22-001: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 22E of 2015 is a South African electric locomotive. On 10 April 2015, the first Class 22E dual voltage six-axle locomotive for Transnet Freight Rail was rolled out by the CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company in China.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 4.6 MW is about 54 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- number built
- 359
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd.
- designer
- Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Transnet
- top speed
- —
- power
- 4.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- Dual 3 kV DC & 25 kV AC/50 Hz catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23058354, Wikipedia: South African Class 22E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.