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South African Class 19E
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 2007· class of 110 South African electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 19E: SAR Connecta· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 19E 19-011: User:Eugene Armer· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 19E of 2009 is a South African electric locomotive. In 2009, Transnet Freight Rail placed the first of 110 Class 19E single-cab dual-voltage 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service on the Coalink line from Ermelo to Richards Bay.
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 19 years ago, in 2007.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2007–2011
- in service from
- 2007
- number built
- 110
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- Mitsui
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Transnet
- top speed
- 132 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
- 104 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565491, Wikipedia: South African Class 19E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.