page_title: South African Class 6E1, Series 10
section_title: Series identifying features
hierarchical_section_title: South African Class 6E1, Series 10 / Characteristics / Series identifying features
caption_attribution_description: English: Hatch door and drainage holes on right side of Class 18E Series 1 no. 18-111 (left side on ex Class 6E1 Series 11 no. E2142)Location: Capital Park, PretoriaHistory: Rebuilt in 2004 from Class 6E1 Series 11 no. E2142
context_page_description: The South African Railways Class 6E1, Series 10 of 1982 was an electric locomotive.
  Between 1982 and 1984, the South African Railways placed 55 Class 6E1, Series 10 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.
context_section_description: The Class 6E1 was produced in eleven series over a period of nearly sixteen years. While some of the Class 6E1 series are visually indistinguishable from their predecessors or successors, some externally visible changes did occur over the years.
  Series 8 and later locomotives could be distinguished from all older models by the large hatch door on each side.
  The Series 9 to Series 11 locomotives were visually indistinguishable from each other, but could be distinguished from all earlier models by the rainwater drainage holes on their lower sides. These holes were usually covered by so-called buckets, but the covers were absent on a few locomotives. Another distinction was the end doors, which were recessed into the doorframes on Series 9 to Series 11 locomotives, compared to earlier models which had their end doors flush with the doorframes. In addition, on Series 9 and later, the split side window on the driver's assistant side was replaced by a single rectangular side window with rounded corners. Finally, unlike all earlier models, all four doors on Series 9 to Series 11 locomotives had rounded corners.
caption: Drainage holes on Series 9 to 11