#4606
South African Class 11E
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by General Motors South Africa· from 1985· class of Co-Co electric locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 11E 11-009: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 11E 11-028: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 11E 11-037: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 11E 11-042: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 11E 11-001: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 11E 11-006: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 11E 11-007: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. SAR Class 11E 11-027: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 11E 11-029: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 11E 11-043: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 11E of 1985 is an electric locomotive. Between 1985 and 1987, the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 11E electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in mainline service on the Coalink line.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- Weighs about as much as 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985–1987
- in service from
- 1985
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- General Motors South Africa
- designer
- General Motors
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC 50 Hz catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 172 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565452, Wikipedia: South African Class 11E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.