| South African Class E38 | |
| Powertype: | Electric |
| Designer: | Consortium led by Siemens |
| Builder: | Union Carriage & Wagon |
| Buildmodel: | Consortium Class E38 |
| Builddate: | 1992 |
| Totalproduction: | 3 |
| Aarwheels: | B-B |
| Britishclass: | Bo-Bo |
| Wheeldiameter: | 1054frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Wheelbase: | 11700frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Bogie: | 2600frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Pivotcentres: | 9100frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Over Couplers: | 16314frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Width: | 2780frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Pantodown: | 4130frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Electricsystem: | 3 kV DC catenary |
| Tractionmotors: | Four AC 6 pole ABB/6FRA5252 |
| T/M Amps Cont: | 378kW |
| Locobrakes: | Knorr-Bremse air brake Spring applied, air release parking |
| Trainbrakes: | Knorr-Bremse W450/150-3 compressor |
| Coupling: | AAR knuckle |
| Maxspeed: | 1000NaN0 |
| Poweroutput Cont: | 1500kW continuous |
| T/E Starting: | 260kN @ 35% adhesion |
| T/E Continuous: | 180kN @ 30km/h |
| F/Adh Starting: | 35% |
| F/Adh Continuous: | 25% |
| Operator: | Amcoal Anglo Coal |
| Operatorclass: | Class E38 |
| Numinclass: | 3 |
| Fleetnumbers: | E38-001 to E38-003 |
| Deliverydate: | 1993 |
| Firstrundate: | 1993 |
The Amcoal Class E38 of 1993 is a South African industrial electric locomotive.
In 1993 Amcoal, now Anglo Coal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American, placed three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank, Mpumalanga.
The 3 kV DC Class E38 electric locomotive is an electric-only version of the Class 38-000 electro-diesel locomotive which was designed for Spoornet by a consortium under the leadership of Siemens. In 1992, three of these locomotives were built for Amcoal by Union Carriage & Wagon (UCW) in Nigel, Transvaal.[1]
The locomotives were delivered in 1993 and numbered E38-001 to E38-003. UCW did not allocate builder's numbers to the locomotives it built for Anglo Coal, but used the Amcoal unit numbers for their record keeping.
Prior to the production of the Class E38 for Amcoal Mines, UCW also built fifty Class 38-000 locomotives for Spoornet. The Class 38-000 is a dual mode electro-diesel locomotive, identical in exterior appearance and dimensions to the Class E38 but designed for 3 kV DC electric as well as diesel-electric operation and equipped with a 780kW Caterpillar DITA 3508 diesel prime mover.[2]
The three Class E38s now serve at the Landau Colliery near Witbank.