TFR Class 18E 18-657 (Series 2)         
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 running numbers beginning at 18-600. The rebuilding included the installation of Alsthom micro-processor control technology and was done by Transnet Rail Engineering (previously Transwerk and later Transnet Engineering) at its Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria, Gauteng. In the process their number 1 end cabs were stripped of all controls in order to have a toilet installed.
18-657 was rebuilt from Class 6E1, Series 4 E1458 and commissioned in 2011.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 18E, Series 2.
Date: 5/24/2013 Location: Beaconsfield, Kimberley, NC,  ZA Country Flag Views: 163 Collection Of:   Col André Kritzinger
Locomotives: SAS 18-657(18E)    Author:  Col André Kritzinger
TFR Class 18E 18-657 (Series 2)
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