Transnet/Spoornet Electric locomotives, Class 18E, Series 2, No. 18-639 with Transnet features. Class 18E, Series 1, No’s. 18-362 & 18-143 with Spoornet features with 28 container wagons on the opposite line at Kraal Station in the direction of Balfour Station
The Designer of these Class 18E, Electric Locomotives, Series 1 and Serie 2, was Union Carriage & Wagon
While the Builders of Serie 1, Transwerk, Transnet Rail Engineering and Serie 2, Transnet Rail Engineering was
During 2000 - 2009 a quantity of 446 of Serie 1 and during 2009-2015 a quantity of 279 of Serie 2 was build
The Loco brake system is Air & Rheostatic brake system
Dynamic brakes
Class 18E locomotives were equipped with rheostatic braking instead of regenerative braking. With rheostatic braking, the energy generated by the traction motors is dissipated by the resistor grids on the locomotive itself. The rheostatic braking of the Class 18E was superior and very reliable for higher speed trains, compared with the regenerative braking of the older Classes 6E1 and 17E locomotives
Operated by the following Operators:
Spoornet
Transnet Freight Rail
PRASA
