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Metrorail Cape Town Parade of Commuter Trains (2021) showing the current sad state of these hard-working end-of-life (up to 50 years old) metro trains.
COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, for many months in 2020, had these Prasa Metrorail Cape Town commuter trains standing idle in the Prasa yard, these commuter trains subsequently lost most of their patrons, as commuters had to resort to other means of transport to and from work.
Class 5M2A and Class 10M5 are electric multiple units that are used to provide commuter rail services by Metrorail in the major cities of South Africa. The Class 5M2s operate on the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge track that is standard throughout Southern Africa. The motor coaches draw 3,000-volt direct current from an overhead pantograph; they have a power output of 925 kilowatts (1,240 hp) and produce 158 kN (15.9 LTf; 17.8 STf) of tractive effort. The maximum speed of a 5M2 trainset is 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph). A motor coach can carry 56 seated and 110 standing passengers and has a tare weight of 60 tonnes. A trailer coach can carry 52 seated and 149 standing passengers and has a tare weight of 30.5 tonnes (30.0 long tons; 33.6 short tons). Class 5M2A coaches were stripped down to the underframe, which was then used as the base for the Class 10M5s. [Source: Wikipedia]
PRASA's old Metrorail commuter train sets are in a poor state of repair. Many of the coaches lack proper windows, during covid times this may actually be good as these coaches now have excellent movement of air!
This is a compilation of about 20 video clips I have recorded in Brackenfell during April 2021.
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