page_title: South African Class 7E2, Series 1
section_title: Manufacturer
hierarchical_section_title: South African Class 7E2, Series 1 / Manufacturer
caption_attribution_description: English: SAR Class 7E2 Series 1 E7163 builders' plateLocation: Sentrarand, Gauteng
context_page_description: The South African Railways Class 7E2, Series 1 of 1982 is an electric locomotive.
  In 1982, the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class 7E2, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in mainline service.
context_section_description: The 25 kV AC Class 7E2, Series 1 electric locomotive was designed for the South African Railways by the 50 ᶜ/s Group, consisting of ACEC of Belgium, AEG-Telefunken and Siemens of Germany, Alsthom-Atlantique and Société MTE of France, and Brown Boveri of Switzerland.
  Twenty-five locomotives were built by Union Carriage & Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, Transvaal, and delivered in 1982, numbered in the range from E7151 to E7175. Union Carriage and Wagon did not allocate builder’s numbers to the locomotives it built for the SAR, but used the SAR unit numbers for their record keeping.
caption: Builder's plate on no. E7163
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