South African Class 2E

Class 2E locomotive in MU operation with a Class 1E

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Designer	Siemens-Schuckert
Builder	Henschel & Son
Serial number	23132-23134
Model	Siemens 2E
Build date	1937
Total produced	3

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	B-B
UIC class	Bo'Bo'
Gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge
Wheel diameter	48 in (1,219 mm)
Wheelbase	30 ft 11 in (9,423 mm)
• Bogie	9 ft 3 in (2,819 mm)
Pivot centres	21 ft 8 in (6,604 mm)
Panto shoes	26 ft 4 ¹⁄₂ in (8,039 mm)
Length:
• Over couplers	43 ft 8 in (13,310 mm)
• Over beams	30 ft 8 in (9,347 mm)
Width	9 ft 2.2 in (2,799 mm)
Height:
• Pantograph	13 ft (3,962 mm)
• Body height	11 ft 1 ⁵³⁄₆₄ in (3,399 mm)
Axle load	16 LT 15 cwt (17,020 kg)
• Leading	33 LT 10 cwt (34,040 kg)
• Trailing	33 LT 2 cwt (33,630 kg)
Adhesive weight	66 LT 12 cwt (67,670 kg)
Loco weight	66 LT 12 cwt (67,670 kg)
Power supply	Catenary
Current collection	Pantographs
Traction motors	Four
• Rating 1 hour	402 hp (300 kW)
Gear ratio	17:75
MU working	3 maximum
Train brakes	Air & Vacuum
Couplers	Bell link-and-pin AAR knuckle

Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 mph (72 km/h)
Power output:
• 1 hour	1,608 hp (1,199 kW)
Tractive effort:
• 1 hour	21,200 lbf (94 kN)

Career
Operators	South African Railways
Class	Class 2E
Power class	3 kV DC
Number in class	3
Numbers	E134-E136
Delivered	1937
First run	1937
Retired	1973

The South African Railways Class 2E of 1937 is an electric locomotive.

In 1937 the South African Railways placed three German-built Class 2E 3 kV DC electric locomotives with a Bo+Bo wheel arrangement in mainline service.^[1]

Manufacturer

South Africa's second mainline electric locomotive type, the Class 2E, entered service in Natal in 1937, intended for mixed traffic haulage. The electrical equipment was designed by Siemens-Schuckert and the three locomotives were built for the South African Railways (SAR) by Henschel and Son in Germany. Numbered in the range from E134 to E136, they were the only German-built electric locomotives ever supplied to South Africa.^[2]^[3]

The Class 2E was very similar in external appearance and dimensions to the Class 1E, the main visual distinction being the difference in window and grille layout on the locomotive sides. The internal arrangement of their electrical components differed from those of the Class 1E and their four 402 horsepower (300 kilowatts) traction motors made them more powerful. Even so, only these three were ever acquired, after which the SAR reverted to the Class 1E, Series 5 to 7, for its subsequent acquisitions of similar electric locomotives.^[2]

Orientation

These dual cab locomotives had three windows with a grille between each pair of windows on one side, and a line of five grilles and two windows on the other side. When observing the locomotive from the side with the five grilles, the number 1 end of the locomotive would be to the left.^[1]

The Class 2E had a Bo+Bo wheel arrangement with an articulated inter-bogie linkage. Like the Classes 1E, 3E and 4E, it had bogie mounted draft gear, therefore no train forces were transmitted to the locomotive body.^[1]

Service

The three Class 2E locomotives spent most of their years in service on the mainline between Transvaal and Natal and only briefly served in the Western Cape, near the end of their service lives. They were withdrawn from service in 1973.^[2]

Illustration

The main picture shows a Class 2E locomotive, with its right side and no. 2 end visible, coupled to a Class 1E locomotive.

Class 2E locomotive with its left side and no. 1 end visible, Pretoria station, c. 1947

References

1 2 3 South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge, c. 1940, as amended
1 2 3 Paxton, Leith; Bourne, David (1985). Locomotives of the South African Railways (1st ed.). Cape Town: Struik. p. 126. ISBN 0869772112.
↑ Henschel-Lieferliste (Henschel & Son works list), compiled by Dietmar Stresow

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3' 6" gauge Tender engines	CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Beyer, Peacock CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1891 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0 1879 CGR 1st Class 4-4-0TT 1881 CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT 1875 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1883 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1884 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1889 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1898 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1901 CGR 3rd Class 4-4-0 1903 CGR 4th Class 4-4-2 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1880 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1882 CGR 4th Class 4-6-0TT 1884 CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1890 CGR 5th Class 4-6-0 1891 DSWA Eight-Coupled Tender 2-8-0 NGR Havelock NGR Class I SAR Class Exp 1 SAR Class Exp 2 SAR Class Exp 3 SAR Class Exp 4 SAR Class Exp 5 SAR Class Exp 6 SAR Class S SAR Class S1 SAR Class S2 SAR Class 1 SAR Class 1A SAR Class 1B SAR Class 2 SAR Class 2C SAR Class 3 SAR Class 3A SAR Class 3B SAR Class 4 SAR Class 4A SAR Class 5 SAR Class 5A SAR Class 5B SAR Class 6 SAR Class 6A SAR Class 6B SAR Class 6C SAR Class 6D SAR Class 6E SAR Class 6F SAR Class 6G SAR Class 6H SAR Class 6J SAR Class 6K SAR Class 6L SAR Class 6Y SAR Class 6Z SAR Class 7 SAR Class 7A SAR Class 7B SAR Class 7C SAR Class 7D SAR Class 7E SAR Class 7F SAR Class 8 SAR Class 8A SAR Class 8B SAR Class 8C SAR Class 8D SAR Class 8E SAR Class 8F SAR Class 8R SAR Class 8X SAR Class 8Y SAR Class 8Z SAR Class 9 SAR Class 10 SAR Class 10A SAR Class 10B SAR Class 10C SAR Class 10D SAR Class 11 SAR Class 12 SAR Class 12A SAR Class 12B SAR Class 13 SAR Class 14 SAR Class 14A SAR Class 14B SAR Class 14C SAR Class 15 SAR Class 15A SAR Class 15B SAR Class 15C SAR Class 15CA SAR Class 15E SAR Class 15F SAR Class 16 SAR Class 16A SAR Class 16B SAR Class 16C SAR Class 16D SAR Class 16DA SAR Class 16E SAR Class 17 SAR Class 18 SAR Class 19 SAR Class 19A SAR Class 19B SAR Class 19C SAR Class 19D SAR Class 20 SAR Class 21 SAR Class 23 SAR Class 24 SAR Class 25 SAR Class 25NC SAR Class 26 Red Devil

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