The South African Class 18E Series 1 of 2000 is a South African electric locomotive from the Spoornet era.Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild Class 6E1 locomotives to Class 18E Series 1 locomotives. Most of the Class 6E1s that had previously been reclassified or modified to Class 16E or Class 17E were rebuilt to Class 18E as well.