Nose cone used on SAR Class 6E1 Series 4 E1525 during high speed testing. In 1978 E1525 was modified for experiments in high speed traction by re-gearing the traction motors and installing SAR designed Scheffel bogies and a streamlined nose cone. In this configuration E1525 reached a speed of 245 kilometres per hour (152 miles per hour) on 31 October 1978, a still unbeaten world record on 3 feet 6 inches (1,067 millimetres) Cape gauge track.