SAR Class 5EI (Series 3) Original Brass Number Plate E741

Beautiful Class 5E1 (Series 3) number plate.

Series 3 of the Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) designed 3 kV DC Class 5E1 electric locomotive was built for the South African Railways (SAR) in 1964 by Union Carriage & Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, with the electrical equipment being supplied by Associated Electrical Industries (AEI).^[2][3]

The Series 3 locomotives were delivered in 1964 and 1965, numbered in the range from E721 to E820. They were equipped with four AEI 281 AZX axle-hung traction motors fitted with tapered roller bearings. UCW did not allocate builder's numbers to the locomotives it built for the SAR and used the SAR unit numbers for their record keeping.^[1]

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