South African Class E38
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In 1993 Amcoal, now Anglo Coal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American, placed three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank
, Mpumalanga
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. In 1992 three of these locomotives were built for Amcoal by Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, Transvaal. They were delivered in 1993 and numbered E38-001 to E38-003.
UCW did not allocate builder’s or works numbers to the locomotives it built for Anglo Coal. While the usual practice by most other locomotive builders was to allocate builder’s numbers or works numbers to record the locomotives built by them, UCW simply used the Amcoal running numbers for their record keeping.
locomotives for Spoornet
to replace steam on pickup work on the Reef and for use as shunters. The Class 38-000 locomotive is a dual mode electro-diesel shunter, identical in exterior appearance to the Class E38 but designed for 3 kV DC electric as well as diesel-electric only operation.
Witbank
Witbank , also known as eMalahleni is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the eMalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for White Ridge and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested...
, Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
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Manufacturer
The Class E38 3 kV DC electric shunter locomotive is an electric only version of the Class 38-000 electro-diesel locomotive that was designed for Spoornet by Consortium under the leadership of SiemensSiemens
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. In 1992 three of these locomotives were built for Amcoal by Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, Transvaal. They were delivered in 1993 and numbered E38-001 to E38-003.
UCW did not allocate builder’s or works numbers to the locomotives it built for Anglo Coal. While the usual practice by most other locomotive builders was to allocate builder’s numbers or works numbers to record the locomotives built by them, UCW simply used the Amcoal running numbers for their record keeping.
Spoornet’s Class 38-000
During the production of the Class E38 for Amcoal Mines, UCW also built fifty Class 38-000South African Class 38-000
Between 1992 and 1994 Spoornet placed fifty Class 38-000 locomotives in service. They are still the only dual powered electro-diesel locomotives in use by Transnet Freight Rail, capable of running either on 3 kV electricity off the catenary or on diesel alone....
locomotives for Spoornet
Spoornet
Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of 'South African Railways and Harbours', a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely...
to replace steam on pickup work on the Reef and for use as shunters. The Class 38-000 locomotive is a dual mode electro-diesel shunter, identical in exterior appearance to the Class E38 but designed for 3 kV DC electric as well as diesel-electric only operation.