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South African Class 14E1
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1993· class of 10 South African electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 14E Series 2 14-107: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 14E1 no. 14-108: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 14E1 no. 14-101: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 14E1 no. 14-103: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Class 14E1 14-104 2: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Class 14E1 no. 14-106: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Class 14E1 no. 14-107: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Class 14E1 14-107: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Class 14E1 no. 14-109: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Class 14E1 14-110 2: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Spoornet Class 14E1 of 1994 was a South African electric locomotive. In December 1994 Spoornet took delivery of the last of ten locally manufactured Class 14E1 dual voltage electric mainline locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement. They had been preceded in 1991 by three prototype Class 14E locomotives.
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 33 years ago, in 1993.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 21 years (1994–2015).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993–1994
- in service from
- 1994
- retired
- 2015
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- 50 c/s Group
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- Dual 3 kV DC & 25 kV AC 50 Hz catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 92.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565463, Wikipedia: South African Class 14E1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.