page_title: South African Class 7E2, Series 2
section_title: Orientation
hierarchical_section_title: South African Class 7E2, Series 2 / Orientation
caption_attribution_description: English: SAR Class 7E2 Series 2 E7204 number plate Location: Pyramid South, Pretoria, Gauteng
context_page_description: The South African Railways Class 7E2, Series 2 of 1983 is an electric locomotive.
  In 1983, the South African Railways placed forty Class 7E2, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in mainline service.
context_section_description: 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.
  In visual appearance, the Series 2 locomotives can be distinguished from the Series 1 by the vertical grilles just to the rear of the driver's window on both sides on the Series 2 locomotives, but absent on Series 1. Both series have a large grille to the right of centre on the side opposite the roof access ladder side, near roof level on Series 1 locomotives and low down near sill level on Series 2. The three grilles in line just to the rear of the side doors on Series 1 units were replaced with a single long grille on Series 2 units. Like the Class 7E, some of the Class 7E2, Series 2 locomotives have distinctive "eyebrow" rainwater beadings above their cab windscreens, but these were added post-delivery and were not installed on all the units.
caption: Builder's plate
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