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South African Class 23E
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Transnet Engineering· from 2017· type of electric locomotive
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- 1. 23-001 (Noel Welch): Franciscus3668· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 23E 23-013: Franciscus3668· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. South African Railways class 23E: Franciscus3668· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 23E of 2017 is a South African electric locomotive.
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 9 years ago, in 2017.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2017
- in service from
- 2018
- number built
- 240
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Transnet Engineering
- designer
- Bombardier Transportation
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- Dual 3 kV DC & 25 kV AC/50 Hz catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 132 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60787641, Wikipedia: South African Class 23E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.