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South African Class 6E1, Series 10
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1982· class of South African electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 6E1 Series 10 E2133: User:John Middleton· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 6E1, Series 10 of 1982 was an electric locomotive. Between 1982 and 1984, the South African Railways placed 55 Class 6E1, Series 10 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in 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 44 years ago, in 1982.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 23 years (1982–2005).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1982–1984
- in service from
- 1982
- retired
- 2005
- status
- retired
- number built
- 55
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 89.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565553, Wikipedia: South African Class 6E1, Series 10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.