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South African Class 10E
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1985· 1985 is an electric locomotive.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 10E 10-044: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 10E 10-041: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 10E 10-021: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 10E 10-039: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 10E 10-047: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 10E 10-001: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. SAR Class 10E 10-003: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Class 10E 10-005: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Class 10E 10-007: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Class 10E 10-009: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 10E of 1985 is an electric locomotive. In 1985 and 1986, the South African Railways placed fifty Class 10E electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in mainline service.
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 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985–1986
- in service from
- 1985
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- Toshiba
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 125 t
- nicknames
- Breadbin
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565447, Wikipedia: South African Class 10E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.