♠ 3,859 mm (12 ft 7.9 in) ♥ 4,026 mm (13 ft 2.5 in)
• Body height
♠ 3,478 mm (11 ft 4.9 in) ♥ 3,618 mm (11 ft 10.4 in)
Axle load
17,018 kg (37,518 lb)
Loco weight
68,075 kg (150,080 lb)
Electric system/s
3 kV DC catenary
Current pickup(s)
Pantograph
Traction motors
Four MV 182R
• Rating 1 hour
224 kW (300 hp)
Gear ratio
17:75
Train brakes
Air & Vacuum
Couplers
AAR knuckle
Performance figures
Maximum speed
40 km/h (25 mph)
Power output
896 kW (1,202 hp)
Tractive effort:
• Starting
176 kN (40,000 lbf)
• 1 hour
94 kN (21,000 lbf)
• Continuous
73 kN (16,000 lbf)
Career
Operators
South African Railways Driefontein GM
Class
Class ES
Number in class
28
Numbers
SAR E500-E501 (ex E96-E97), E503-E512 (ex E124-E133), E515-E526, Driefontein 1-4
Nicknames
Studebaker
Delivered
1936–1964
First run
1936
Withdrawn
c. 1983
The South African Railways Class ES of 1936 was an electric locomotive.
In 1936, the South African Railways built two Class ES centre-cab electric shunting locomotives with a Bo+Bo wheel arrangement, based on the Class 1E mainline electric locomotive. Between then and 1964, more were acquired until a total of 24 Class ES locomotives were eventually in service. Four more were built new for industry in 1952 and 1957.[1][2][3][4]
The Class ES was the fourth locomotive type to be designed and built in South Africa, after the Natal Government Railways 4-6-2TT Havelock of 1888, the Class 2C of 1910 and the Class 20 of 1935.[2]
^Espitalier, T.J.; Day, W.A.J. (1946). The Locomotive in South Africa – A Brief History of Railway Development. Chapter VII – South African Railways (Continued). South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, April 1946. p. 296.
^ abEspitalier, T.J. (1947). Locomotives Designed and Built in South Africa – The S1, in service this month, is not the first locally-built engine. South African Railways and Harbours Magazine, October 1947. pp. 841-843.
^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
^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. 51, 63.
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