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South African Class 10E1, Series 1
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1987· class of 50 South African electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 10E1 10-074: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 10E1 Series 1 10-071: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 10E1 10-078 BPF: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 10E1 Series 1 10-078: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 10E1 Series 1 10-075: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Class 10E1 Series 1 10-052: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Class 10E1 10-055: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Class 10E1 10-063: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Class 10E1 10-064: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Class 10E1 10-066: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 10E1, Series 1 of 1987 is an electric locomotive. Between 1987 and 1989, the South African Railways placed fifty Class 10E1, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in mainline service as a new standard heavy goods 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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- 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
- 1987–1989
- in service from
- 1987
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- General Electric Company
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 126 t
- nicknames
- Broodblik (Breadbin)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565448, Wikipedia: South African Class 10E1, Series 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.