The first ten of ninety-five 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC dual voltage Class 20E electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail were built in China in 2013 and 2014 by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subsidiary of the China South 1ocomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR), China's leading train manufacturer. The remaining eighty-five locomotiues were built in South Africa by a consortium couposed of CSR Zhuzhou and the South African Black Economic Empowerment company Matsetse Basadi. They are intended for service on the ore export line between Hotazel and Port Elizabeth and are numbered in the range from 20-001 to 20-095.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 20E. |
| Date:
10/6/2015 |
Location:
Postmasburg, NC  |
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Collection Of:
 
Col André Kritzinger |
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Author: Col André Kritzinger
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This picture is part of album: South African Electric Locomotives |