The first ten of ninety-five 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC dual9voltage 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 Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation (CSR), China's leading train manufacturer. The remaining eighty-five locomotives were built in South Africa by a con}ortium composed 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 an` 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. |
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