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South African Class 7E2, Series 2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1983· class of 40 South African electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7204: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7215: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7202: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7177: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Class 7E2 Series 2 E7178: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7181: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Class 7E2 Series 2 E7183: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Class 7E2 Series 2 E7187: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7188: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7191: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 7E2, Series 2 is an electric locomotive. South African Railways placed 40 Class 7E2, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service in 1983.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 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
- 1983
- in service from
- 1983
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- 50 c/s Group
- operators
- Transnet Freight Rail, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC 50 Hz catenary
- weight
- 124 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565583, Wikipedia: South African Class 7E2, Series 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.