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Type of electric locomotive

South African Class Experimental AC

E1600 at Pyramid South,Pretoria in May 2013

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Designer	Union Carriage & Wagon
Builder	Union Carriage & Wagon Transwerk
Model	UCW 6E1
Build date	1978
Total produced	1

Specifications
Configuration:
• Commonwealth	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Wheel diameter	1.22 m (48 in)
Wheelbase	11.28 m (37 ft 0 in)
• Bogie	3.43 m (11 ft 3 in)
Pivot centres	7.85 m (25 ft 9 in)
Length:
• Over couplers	15.49 m (50 ft 10 in)
• Over body	14.63 m (48 ft 0 in)
Width	2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Height:
• Pantograph	4.29 m (14 ft 1 in)
• Body height	3.94 m (12 ft 11 in)
Axle load	21.38 t (47,100 lb)
Adhesive weight	85.50 t (188,500 lb)
Loco weight	85.50 t (188,500 lb)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC catenary
Current pickup	Pantograph
Traction motors	4AEI 283AZ
• Rating 1 hour	623 kW (835 hp)
• Continuous	563 kW (755 hp)
Gear ratio	18:67
Loco brake	Air
Train brakes	Air &Vacuum
Couplers	AAR knuckle

Performance figures
Maximum speed	113 km/h (70 mph)
Power output:
• 1 hour	2,492 kW (3,342 hp)
• Continuous	2,252 kW (3,020 hp)
Tractive effort:
• Starting	330 kN (74,000 lbf)
• 1 hour	218 kN (49,000 lbf)
• Continuous	190 kN (43,000 lbf)

Career
Operators	South African Railways Spoornet Transnet Freight Rail
Class	Class Experimental AC
Number in class	1
Numbers	E1600
First run	1978

TheSouth African Railways Class Experimental AC of 1978 is an electric locomotive.

In 1974 and 1975 theSouth African Railways placed 100Class 6E1, Series 5 locomotives with aBo-Bo wheel arrangement in mainline service. In 1978 one was withdrawn from revenue service for use as an experimental25 kV AC locomotive. It was rebuilt and reclassified to Class Experimental AC.^[1]

Manufacturer

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The 3 kV DCClass 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotive was designed and built for theSouth African Railways byUnion Carriage & Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, Transvaal.^[2]

Orientation

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These dual cab locomotives have a roof access ladder on one side only, just to the right of the cab access door. The roof access ladder end is marked as the no. 2 end. A corridor along the centre of the locomotive connects the cabs.^[1]

Test bed for 25 kV AC research

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In 1978, E1600 was withdrawn from revenue service and rebuilt as a test-bed for use during 25 kV AC electrification and reclassified to the sole Class Experimental AC. It was used for testing to detect and eliminate potential problems during the electrification of the four isolated 25 kV networks. These networks are:^[1]^[3]^[4]

Pyramid South toPietersburg and viaRustenburg toThabazimbi
Ermelo toRichards Bay
Port Elizabeth viaNoupoort toDe Aar and from there northward toKimberley and southward toBeaufort West
East London toSpringfontein

The unit's singlepantograph and its electronic and electric equipment were manufactured by the 50^c/s Group, a consortium consisting ofACEC of Belgium,AEG-Telefunken andSiemens of Germany,Alsthom-Atlantique and Société MTE of France, andBrown Boveri of Switzerland. The same consortium also designed the 25 kV ACClass 7E locomotives which were placed in service on the four 25 kV networks.^[3]

The vacuum circuit breaker was supplied by GEC. The original Class 6E1 AEI-283AZ traction motors, manufactured byAssociated Electrical Industries, were retained and the locomotive used a thyristor-diode rectifier set for the traction motor DC power supply. Mechanical components were supplied by UCW.^[1]^[3]

Apart from the inscriptions painted on the locomotive sides, the Class Experimental AC locomotive can be visually distinguished from regular Class 6E1 locomotives by the single pantograph on its no. 2 end instead of the usual two pantographs, one on each end, as well as by the large grilles on the sides. The Class 6E1 has two large grilles to the right of centre on each side while no. E1600 has only one such grille on the roof access ladder side and three on the opposite side.^[3]

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^dSouth African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975
^"UCW – Electric locomotives"(PDF). The UCW Partnership. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved30 September 2010.
^^a ^b ^c ^dPaxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985).Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. pp. 128–129, 136.ISBN 0869772112.
^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. 50–51, 60.

External links

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Media related toSouth African Class Experimental AC at Wikimedia Commons

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