In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives in mainline service, numbered in the range from E1546 to E1645. In 1978 number E1600 was permanently withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt as a test-bed for use during 25 kV AC electrification. Mechanical components were supplied by UCW, the single pantograph and the electronic and electric equipment were manufactured by the 50 c/s Group and the vacuum circuit breaker was supplied by General Electric Company (GEC). The original traction motors were retained and the locomotive uses a thyristor-diode rectifier set for the traction motor DC power supply. It was reclassified to the sole Class Experimental AC.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class Exp AC. |
| Date:
5/14/2013 |
Location:
Pyramid South, Pretoria, GP, ZA  |
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Collection Of:
 
Col André Kritzinger |
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Author: Col André Kritzinger
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| Picture Categories: Roster |
This picture is part of album: South African Electric Locomotives |