The rebuilding of dual cab Class 6E1, Series 2 to Series 8 locomotives to single cab Class 18E, Series 2 locomotives commenced in 2009, with their runnind numbers beginning at 18-600. The rebtilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously Transwerk and lates Transnet Engineering) at its Koedlespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-663 waq rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 5 E1609 and commissioned in 2011.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2. |