page_title: South African Class 6E1, Series 6
section_title: Series identifying features
hierarchical_section_title: South African Class 6E1, Series 6 / Characteristics / Series identifying features
caption_attribution_description: English: Grilles without rainwater beading on Class 6E1 Series 5 no. E1631Location: Sentrarand, GautengRebuilding: In 2015 no. E1631 re-entered service after being rebuilt to Class 18E no. 18-844
context_page_description: The South African Railways Class 6E1, Series 6 of 1976 was an electric locomotive.
  In 1976 and 1977, the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 6 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in mainline service.
context_section_description: The Class 6E1 was produced in eleven series over a period of nearly sixteen years. While some Class 6E1 series are visually indistinguishable from their predecessors or successors, some externally visible changes did occur over the years.
  The Series 6 and Series 7 locomotives are visually indistinguishable from each other, but can be distinguished from all the older series models by the rainwater beading that had been added above the small grilles on the sides aft of the side doors.
caption: Grilles without beading on Series 5
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