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South African Class 9E, Series 2
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1982· class of 6 South African electric locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 9E Series 2 E9029: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR Class 9E Series 2 E9030: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 9E Series 2 E9027: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 9E Series 2 E9031: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 9E Series 2 E9026: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Class 9E Series 2 E9028: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 9E, Series 2 of 1982 is an electric locomotive. In 1982 and 1983, the South African Railways expanded its existing Class 9E fleet by placing six new Class 9E, Series 2 General Electric Company 50 kV AC electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line.
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 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1982–1983
- in service from
- 1982
- number built
- 6
- 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
- 50 kV AC 50 Hz catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 166 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565600, Wikipedia: South African Class 9E, Series 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.