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South African Class E38
🇿🇦 South Africa ·built by Union Carriage & Wagon· from 1992· class of 3 South African electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Amcoal Class E38 E38-003: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Amcoal Class E38 E38-002: Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Amcoal Class E38 of 1993 is a South African industrial electric locomotive. In 1993 Amcoal, now Anglo Coal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American, placed three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank, Mpumalanga.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1993
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- builders
- Union Carriage & Wagon
- designer
- Consortium led by Siemens
- operators
- Anglo American plc
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC catenary
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565610, Wikipedia: South African Class E38 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.