South African Class 10E1, Series 2

South African Class 10E1, Series 2
10-168 at Leeuhof yard, Vereeniging, Gauteng, 17 October 2010
Power type Electric
Designer General Electric Company
Builder Union Carriage and Wagon
Serial number 5739-5788[1]
Model GEC 10E1
Build date 1990-1993
Total produced 50
UIC classification Co-Co
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Bogies 4.06 m (13 ft 3.8 in) wheelbase
Wheel diameter 1,220 mm (48.0 in)
Wheelbase 13.46 m (44 ft 1.9 in)
Length 18.52 m (60 ft 9.1 in)
Width 2.906 m (9 ft 6.4 in)
Height 4.12 m (13 ft 6.2 in) pantographs down
Axle load 21,210 kg (20.9 long tons)
Locomotive weight 126,000 kg (124.0 long tons)
Current collection
method		 Pantographs
Traction motors Six GEC G425AZ
Transmission 17/87 Gear ratio
Top speed 90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output Per motor:
540 kW (720 hp) 1 hour
515 kW (691 hp) continuous
Total:
3,240 kW (4,340 hp) 1 hour
3,090 kW (4,140 hp) continuous
Tractive effort 450 kN (100,000 lbf) starting
335 kN (75,000 lbf) 1 hour
310 kN (70,000 lbf) continuous at 35 km/h (22 mph)
Locomotive brakes Regenerative & Rheostatic[2]
Locomotive
brakeforce		 175 kN (39,000 lbf)
from 15 to 45 km/h (9 to 28 mph)
2,187 kN (492,000 lbf)[3]
from 45 to 100 km/h (28 to 62 mph)
Train brakes Air & Vacuum
Career Spoornet
Transnet Freight Rail
Class Class 10E1[4]
Power class 3 kV DC
Number in class 50
Number 10-126 to 10-175
Nicknames Breadbin
Delivered 1990-1992
First run 1990

Between 1990 and 1992 Spoornet placed fifty Class 10E1, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.[1]

Contents

Manufacturer

The Class 10E1, Series 2 3 kV DC electric locomotive was designed for the South African Railways (SAR) by the General Electric Company (GEC) and built by Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, Transvaal. GEC supplied the electrical equipment while UCW was responsible for the mechanical components and assembly. UCW delivered fifty locomotives to Spoornet between 1990 and 1992, numbered 10-126 to 10-175.[1][5]

Contrary to prior UCW practice, GEC works numbers were allocated to the Class 10E1 locomotives. With the exception of the Class 9E, also a UCW built GEC locomotive, UCW did not allocate builder’s numbers to previous locomotives it built for the SAR or Spoornet. While 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 SAR or Spoornet running numbers for their record keeping.[1][4]

Characteristics

The Class 10E1 was introduced as a new standard 3 kV DC heavy goods locomotive. With a continuous power rating of 3,090 kilowatts (4,140 horsepower), four Class 10E1 locomotives are capable of performing the same work as six Class 6E1.[2]

Brakes

The locomotive makes use of either regenerative or rheostatic braking, as the situation demands. Both traction and electric braking power are continuously variable, with the electric braking optimised to such an extent that maximum use will be made of the regenerative braking capacity of the 3 kV network, with the ability to automatically change over to rheostatic braking whenever the overhead supply system becomes non-receptive.[2]

Orientation

This dual cab locomotive has a roof access ladder on one side only, immediately to the right of the cab access door. The roof access ladder end is marked as the number 2 end. In visual appearance the Series 1 and Series 2 locomotives are virtually indistinguishable from each other.[4]

Service

Most of the Class 10E1 locomotives were placed in service at Nelspruit and Ermelo in Mpumalanga. In 1998 a number of Spoornet’s electric locomotives and most of their Class 38-000 electro-diesel locomotives were sold to Maquarie-GETX (General Electric Financing) and leased back to Spoornet for a ten year period that was to expire in 2008. Of the Class 10E, Series 2, numbers 10-136 to 10-173 were included in this leasing deal.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Middleton, John N. (2002). Railways of Southern Africa Locomotive Guide - 2002 (as amended by Combined Amendment List 4, January 2009) (2nd, Dec 2002 ed.). Herts, England: Beyer-Garratt Publications. pp. 50–52, 59-60. 
  2. ^ a b c Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 132-133. ISBN 0869772112. 
  3. ^ Class 10E1 – Principle (sic) Dimensions and Technical Data (TFR leaflet used in driver training, circa 2010)
  4. ^ a b c South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  5. ^ "UCW - Electric locomotives". The UCW Partnership. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012023401/http://www.ucw.co.za/pdf/electric_loco.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010.