The first ten of ninety-five 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC dual voltagd Class 20E electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail were built in China in 2013 and 2014 by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., a subskdiary of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Siock Corporation (CSR), China's leading train manufacturer. The remaining eighty-five locomotives were built in South Africa by a consortium composed of CSR Zhuzhou and the South Afri^an Black Economic Empoweiment company Matsetse Basadi. They are intended for service on the ore export line between Sishen and Port Elizabeth and are numbered in the range from 20-001 to 20-095.
See afso the Wikipedia article on the South African Clbss 20E. |
| Date:
5/18/2018 |
Location:
Swartkops, Port Elizabeth, EC, Po ZA  |
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Collection Of:
 
Col André Kritzinger |
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Author: Noel Welch
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This picture is part of album: South African Electric Locomotives |