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The Transnet Freight Rail Class 15E of 2010 is a South African electric locomotive. In 2010 Transnet Freight Rail placed the first of seventy-six Class 15E heavy electric freight locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen–Saldanha iron ore export line.〔 ==Manufacturers== The 50 kV AC Class 15E is the product of a joint venture by Mitsui who was responsible for the design, Toshiba who supplied the electrical components, the RSD division of DCD-Dorbyl who supplied the monoblock cast frame, bolster bogies and drawgear, and Union Carriage & Wagon (UCW) who constructed the bodies. It was manufactured for Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) by UCW in Nigel, Gauteng, who delivered the first locomotives in 2010.〔(Toshiba Datasheet page 1 )〕〔(Toshiba Datasheet page 2 )〕〔(Railways Africa, 6 Jun 2009: Bogies for the Class 15E )〕 These heavy duty electric locomotives feature Toshiba-made 3-phase AC motors, powered through insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) control. They are single cab locomotives, a feature they share with the Class 19E electric locomotives of the Coalink Line, also made with Toshiba technology, the Class 9E electric locomotives of the Orex Line and electric locomotives of the Classes 7E1, 7E4, 11E and 18E. The initial order was for forty-four locomotives, of which the last were delivered by UCW and accepted by TFR in the first week of August 2011. On 2 March 2011 it was announced in a Transnet press release that, in line with Transnet’s target of achieving 61 million tons per annum on the Orex line, Transnet had signed an agreement with Venus Railway Solutions, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsui, and local BEE investors for the supply of an additional thirty-two new Class 15E locomotives. Production of these additional locomotives commenced in December 2011, with the first unit delivered by May 2012 and the last by August 2013.〔(Transnet press release on 2 March 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Class 15E」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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