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Viewing Album: South African Steam Locomotives
By:
Col André Kritzinger
Dates:
12/31/2016 - 12/31/2016
Album Info:
One picture of every South African steam locomotive I've ever photographed, A to Z arranged by class and loco number, starting with old Blackie and the Class NG locomotives and ending with some industrial and mining steam locomotives as well as other weird and wonderful items that I have come across. Unfortunately, I started with this way too late to catch most of them still alive and barking. I am receiving assistance from fellow railfans in the attempt to post a picture of each and every SA locomotive, most notably from Charles Baker.
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Title:
SAR Class 25NC (4-8-4) Type EW1 tender
Description:
Class 25 Type EW1 tender.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4
Photo Date:
9/18/2009
Upload Date:
3/24/2010 10:35:50 AM
Location:
Beaconsfield, Kimberley, NC, Ki
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
418
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 2688 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
9/19/2009
Upload Date:
11/8/2009 7:33:29 PM
Location:
Warrenton, NC, NC
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2688(4-8-2)
Views:
595
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 7 976 (4-8-0)
Description:
In 1892 the Cape Government Railways placed six 7th Class steam locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service and between 1892 and 1893 another thirty-two were acquired. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 950 to 987 and classified as Class 7.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 7 4-8-0.
Photo Date:
9/20/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 5:19:21 PM
Location:
Klerksdorp, NW, NW
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 976(4-8-0)
Views:
817
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15CA 2802 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1926 the South African Railways placed twenty-three Class 15CA steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built by the by American Locomotive Company and numbered 2039 to 2059, 2072 and 2073. Another sixty-one were ordered and delivered in 1929 and 1930, built in four batches by three manufacturers (Baldwin Locomotive Works, Società Italiana Ernesto Breda and North British Locomotive Company). These were numbered in the ranges 2074 to 2077 and 2801 to 2857.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15CA 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
9/21/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 5:31:19 PM
Location:
Esselen Park, Kaalfontein, GP, Ka
Author:
Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2802(4-8-2)
Views:
1059
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15CA 2804 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1926 the South African Railways placed twenty-three Class 15CA steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built by the by American Locomotive Company and numbered 2039 to 2059, 2072 and 2073. Another sixty-one were ordered and delivered in 1929 and 1930, built in four batches by three manufacturers (Baldwin Locomotive Works, Società Italiana Ernesto Breda and North British Locomotive Company). These were numbered in the ranges 2074 to 2077 and 2801 to 2857.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15CA 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
9/21/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 5:34:49 PM
Location:
Esselen Park, Kaalfontein, GP, Ka
Author:
Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2804(4-8-2)
Views:
983
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 6 432 (4-6-0)
Description:
In 1893 and 1894 the Cape Government Railways placed forty 6th Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service. In 1897 ten of them were sold to the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwermentspoorwegen. At the end of the Second Boer War in 1901, these ten became the Class 6-L1 on the Central South African Railways. In 1912, when all forty locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 401 to 440 and classified as Class 6.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 6 4-6-0.
Photo Date:
9/24/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 5:46:07 PM
Location:
Nigel, GP, GP
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 432(4-6-0)
Views:
1624
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 6A 482 (4-6-0)
Description:
In 1896 and 1897 the Cape Government Railways placed a second batch of fifty 6th Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service. During the Second Freedom War four were transferred to the Imperial Military Railways on loan, and in 1907 one was sold to the Benguela Railway in Angola. In 1912, when the remaining forty-nine locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 441 to 489 and reclassified to Class 6A.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 6A 4-6-0.
Photo Date:
9/30/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 5:51:38 PM
Location:
Koedoespoort, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 482(4-6-0)
Views:
1434
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3360 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/5/2009
Upload Date:
5/6/2009 4:57:14 PM
Location:
Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3360(4-8-2)
Views:
756
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3442 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 25NC locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Eleven Class 25NC locomotives, numbers 3401 to 3411, were built by North British Locomotive Company and thirty-nine, numbers 3412 to 3450, by Henschel and Son. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/5/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 6:48:57 PM
Location:
Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3442(4-8-4)
Views:
1011
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 25NC (4-8-4) Type CZ tender
Description:
Class 25NC Type CZ tender without her locomotive but all dressed up in Rovos Rail's livery. Type CZ worshond tenders were converted from Class 25 condensing tenders by replacing the condensing radiator assemblies with a water tank. Since tenders were usually not individually numbered, it was often SAR practice to weld-write locomotive numbers on the rear ends of their tenders, as on this one (3480).
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4
Photo Date:
10/5/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 6:51:44 PM
Location:
Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
Views:
720
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3484 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed ninety Class 25 condensing steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Henschel and Son built one locomotive complete with tender, number 3451, while North British Locomotive Company built the rest of the Class 25 locomotives, numbers 3452 to 3540. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which fifty were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC. In the process their condensing tenders were also rebuilt to ordinary coal-and-water tenders by removing the condensing radiators and roof fans and replacing it with a massive round-top water tank.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25 4-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/5/2009
Upload Date:
12/8/2006 4:24:00 PM
Location:
Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3484(4-8-4)
Views:
1628
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3533 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed ninety Class 25 condensing steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Henschel and Son built one locomotive complete with tender, number 3451, while North British Locomotive Company built the rest of the Class 25 locomotives, numbers 3452 to 3540. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which fifty were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC. In the process their condensing tenders were also rebuilt to ordinary coal-and-water tenders by removing the condensing radiators and roof fans and replacing it with a massive round-top water tank.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25 4-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/5/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 7:20:06 PM
Location:
Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, Pr
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3533(4-8-4)
Views:
1564
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15AR 1850 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1914 and 1925 the South African Railways placed one hundred and nineteen Class 15A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, delivered in ten batches from three manufacturers (North British Locomotive Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company and J.A. Maffei). They were numbered in the ranges 1571 to 1575, 1781 to 1828, 1839 to 1858, 1961 to 1970, 2011 to 2025 and 2080 to 2100. All but five Class 15A locomotives were later reboilered with Watson Standard no. 2A boilers and reclassified to Class 15AR.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15A 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/9/2009 7:24:26 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1850(4-8-2)
Views:
935
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15F 2928 (4-8-2)
Description:
The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service, built in four batches by four manufacturers (Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel and Son, North British Locomotive Company and Beyer, Peacock and Company). They were numbered in the range from 2902 to 3156. The pre-war Class 15Fs were hand fired, but the British built locomotives were all converted to mechanical stoking by the late 1940s. The post-war locomotives were all delivered with mechanical stokers.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15F 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 3:51:02 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2928(4-8-2)
Views:
1060
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15F 2976 (4-8-2)
Description:
The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service, built in four batches by four manufacturers (Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel and Son, North British Locomotive Company and Beyer, Peacock and Company). They were numbered in the range from 2902 to 3156. The pre-war Class 15Fs were hand fired, but the British built locomotives were all converted to mechanical stoking by the late 1940s. The post-war locomotives were all delivered with mechanical stokers.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15F 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 4:10:10 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2976(4-8-2)
Views:
646
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15F 3040 (4-8-2)
Description:
The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service, built in four batches by four manufacturers (Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel and Son, North British Locomotive Company and Beyer, Peacock and Company). They were numbered in the range from 2902 to 3156. The pre-war Class 15Fs were hand fired, but the British built locomotives were all converted to mechanical stoking by the late 1940s. The post-war locomotives were all delivered with mechanical stokers.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15F 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 4:23:06 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3040(4-8-2)
Views:
723
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 16DA 876 (4-6-2)
Description:
In 1928 the South African Railways placed six Class 16DA steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. Eight more were placed in service in 1929 and another six in 1930, numbered in the ranges 843 to 850 and 868 to 879. They were built in two variants, the early narrow firebox versions by Hohenzollern Locomotive Works and Baldwin Locomotive Works and the later wide firebox versions by Henschel and Son.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 16DA 4-6-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 4:35:44 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 876(4-6-2)
Views:
704
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 16E 857 (4-6-2)
Description:
In 1935 the South African Railways placed six Class 16E steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. The locomotive was designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer A.G. Watson and built by Henschel and Son in Kassel, Germany. Six locomotives were delivered in 1935, numbered in the range from 854 to 859. It used rotary cam poppet valve gear driven by outside rotary shafts and had 72 inches (1,830 millimetres) diameter driving wheels, the largest ever used on any rail gauge narrower than 4 feet 8½ inches (1,440 millimetres).
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 16E 4-6-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 4:45:13 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 857(4-6-2)
Views:
962
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3327 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 4:57:12 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3327(4-8-2)
Views:
657
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 23 3300 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1938 and 1939 the South African Railways placed one hundred and thirty-six Class 23 locomotives in service. The Class 23 was South Africa’s last and largest 4-8-2 Mountain locomotive, designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer W.A.J. Day and built in four batches by Berliner Maschinenbau and Henschel and Son in Germany. They were numbered in the ranges from 2552 to 2571 and 3201 to 3316. Since these locomotives were intended for working in the Karoo where good quality water is a scarce resource, they were equipped with very large tenders with a high water capacity that rode on six wheeled bogies.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 23 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 5:21:06 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3300(4-8-2)
Views:
604
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3410 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 25NC locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Eleven Class 25NC locomotives, numbers 3401 to 3411, were built by North British Locomotive Company and thirty-nine, numbers 3412 to 3450, by Henschel and Son. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 5:36:13 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3410(4-8-4)
Views:
1096
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3454 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed ninety Class 25 condensing steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Henschel and Son built one locomotive complete with tender, number 3451, while North British Locomotive Company built the rest of the Class 25 locomotives, numbers 3452 to 3540. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which fifty were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC. In the process their condensing tenders were also rebuilt to ordinary coal-and-water tenders by removing the condensing radiators and roof fans and replacing it with a massive round-top water tank.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25 4-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 6:25:40 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3454(4-8-4)
Views:
1436
Comments:
3
Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3479 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed ninety Class 25 condensing steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Henschel and Son built one locomotive complete with tender, number 3451, while North British Locomotive Company built the rest of the Class 25 locomotives, numbers 3452 to 3540. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which fifty were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC. In the process their condensing tenders were also rebuilt to ordinary coal-and-water tenders by removing the condensing radiators and roof fans and replacing it with a massive round-top water tank.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25 4-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 6:35:07 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3479(4-8-4)
Views:
829
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class GMAM 4090 (4-8-2+2-8-4)
Description:
Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM mainline Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. This was the most numerous Garratt class in the world and was built in four batches by Henschel and Son, Beyer, Peacock and Company and North British Locomotive Company. Numbered in the range from 4051 to 4170, the light rail branch line Class GMA and mainline Class GMAM Garratt locomotives were identical and their water and coal capacities were adjusted to suit the rail capacity by installing or removing plates in the coal and water spaces. The locomotive carried water in its front tank only and the water supply was augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built Type X-20 auxiliary tank wagon to the locomotive.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 6:51:54 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 4090(UNKNOWN)
Views:
637
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class GMAM 4114 (4-8-2+2-8-4)
Description:
Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM mainline Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. This was the most numerous Garratt class in the world and was built in four batches by Henschel and Son, Beyer, Peacock and Company and North British Locomotive Company. Numbered in the range from 4051 to 4170, the light rail branch line Class GMA and mainline Class GMAM Garratt locomotives were identical and their water and coal capacities were adjusted to suit the rail capacity by installing or removing plates in the coal and water spaces. The locomotive carried water in its front tank only and the water supply was augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built Type X-20 auxiliary tank wagon to the locomotive.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 7:09:09 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 4114(UNKNOWN)
Views:
887
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class GMAM 4129 (4-8-2+2-8-4)
Description:
Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM mainline Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. This was the most numerous Garratt class in the world and was built in four batches by Henschel and Son, Beyer, Peacock and Company and North British Locomotive Company. Numbered in the range from 4051 to 4170, the light rail branch line Class GMA and mainline Class GMAM Garratt locomotives were identical and their water and coal capacities were adjusted to suit the rail capacity by installing or removing plates in the coal and water spaces. The locomotive carried water in its front tank only and the water supply was augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built Type X-20 auxiliary tank wagon to the locomotive.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4.
Photo Date:
10/14/2009
Upload Date:
11/10/2009 7:21:02 PM
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 4129(UNKNOWN)
Views:
852
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class GMAM 4136 (4-8-2+2-8-4)
Description:
Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM mainline Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. This was the most numerous Garratt class in the world and was built in four batches by Henschel and Son, Beyer, Peacock and Company and North British Locomotive Company. Numbered in the range from 4051 to 4170, the light rail branch line Class GMA and mainline Class GMAM Garratt locomotives were identical and their water and coal capacities were adjusted to suit the rail capacity by installing or removing plates in the coal and water spaces. The locomotive carried water in its front tank only and the water supply was augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built Type X-20 auxiliary tank wagon to the locomotive.
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South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4.
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10/14/2009
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Title:
SAR Class 11 928 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed thirty-six Class 11 steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service, built by North British Locomotive Company. When these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways in 1912, they were renumbered in the range from 912 to 947, but retained their Class 11 classification.
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South African Class 11 2-8-2.
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10/14/2009
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Bloemfontein, FS, FS
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SAS 928(2-8-2)
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Title:
SAR Class 11 933 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed thirty-six Class 11 steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service, built by North British Locomotive Company. When these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways in 1912, they were renumbered in the range from 912 to 947, but retained their Class 11 classification.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 11 2-8-2.
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10/14/2009
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Bloemfontein, FS, FS
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Title:
SAR Class 19B 1412 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1930 the South African Railways placed fourteen Class 19B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. Thoy were built by Berliner Maschinenbau AG, the former L. Schwartzkopff, and numbered in the range from 1401 to 1414. One of them, no. 1410, was later reboilered with a Watson Standard no. 1A boiler and reclassified to Class 19BR.
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South African Class 19B 4-8-2.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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Title:
SAR Class 19D 2749 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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Title:
SAR Class 19D 3321 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locjmotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert SŠfphenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 262: to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the gifferent batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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555
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Title:
SAR Class 19D 3322 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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SAS 3322(4-8-2)
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Title:
SAR Class 19D 3324 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 ald 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines* The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built loaomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with c~lindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches$of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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Title:
SAR Class 19D 3334 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Cllss 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoja Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators mike Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 262> to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives/were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilgrs and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on tRe
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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Title:
SAR Class 24 3606 (2-8-4)
Description:
In 1949 and 1950 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 24"branch line locomotives with a 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement in service. The locomotive was designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Dr. M.M. Loubser, built by&North British Locomotive Company and numbered in the range from 3601 to 3700. The cast engine main frames and the Buckeye bogies for the tenders were supplied by General Steel Casnings of Eddystone, Pennsylvania and they were built with Watson Standard no. 1 boilers and Vanderbilt torpedo type tenders that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 24 2-8-4.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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Title:
SAR Class 24 3632 (2-8-4)
Description:
In 1949 and 1950 the South African Railways placed one hundred Claps 24 branch line locomotives with a 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement in service. The locomotive was designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Dr. M.M. Loubser, built by North British LRcomotive Company and numbered in the range from 3601 to 3700. The cast engine main frames and the Buckeye bogies for the tenders were supplied by General Steel Castings of EddystoVe, Pennsylvania and they were built with Watson Standard no. 1 boilers and Vanderbilt torpedo type tenders that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies.
See also the Wikipedia article*on the
South African Class 24 2-8-4.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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SAS 3632(UNKNOWN)
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Title:
SAR Class 24 3635 (2-8-4)
Description:
In 1949 and 1950 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 24 branch line locomotives with a 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement in service. The locomotive was designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Dr. M.M. Loubser, built by North British Locomotive Company and numbered in the range from 3601 to 3700. The cast engine main frames and the Buckeye bogies for the tenders were supplied by General Steel Castings of Eddystone, Pennsylvania and they were built with Watson Standard no. 1 boilers and Vanderbilt torpedo type tenders that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 24 2-8-4.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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SAS 3635(UNKNOWN)
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Title:
SAR Class 24 3693 (2-8-4)
Description:
In 1949 and 1950 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 24 branch line locomotives with a 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement in service. The locomotive was designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer Dr. M.M. Loubser, built by North British Locomotive Company and numbered in the range from 3601 to 3700. The cast engine main frames and the Buckeye bogies for the tenders were supplied by General Steel Castings of Eddystone, Pennsylvania and they were built with Watson Standard no. 1 boilers and Vanderbilt torpedo type tenders that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 24 2-8-4.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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SAS 3693(UNKNOWN)
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Title:
SAR Class GMAM 4122 (4-8-2+2-8-4)
Description:
Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM mainline Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. This was the most numerous Garratt class in the world and was built in four batches by Henschel and Son, Beyer, Peacock and Company and North British Locomotive Company. Numbered in the range from 4051 to 4170, the light rail branch line Class GMA and mainline Class GMAM Garratt locomotives were identical and their water and coal capacities were adjusted to suit the rail capacity by installing or removing plates in the coal and water spaces. The locomotive carried water in its front tank only and the water supply was augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built Type X-20 auxiliary tank wagon to the locomotive.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4.
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10/19/2009
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Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, WC, Mo
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SAS 4122(UNKNOWN)
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Title:
SAR Class 14CRB 2010 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1918 and 1922 the South African Railways placed seventy-three Class 14C steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built by Montreal Locomotive Works and numbered in the ranges 1761 to 1780, 1881 to 1900, 1991 to 2010 and 2026 to 2038. Through reboilerings and rebalancings during its service life this single class eventually ended up as six different locomotive classes. During the 1930s six were reboilered with Watson Standard no 2 boilers and reclassified to Class 14CR. Over time most of the Class 14C family of locomotives were "rebalanced" to either reduce or increase the axle load and adhesion weight. The lighter axle load branch line version was reclassified to Class 14CB and when they were subsequently reboilered, to Class 14CRB. The heavier axle load mainline version was reclassified to Class 14CM and when they were reboilered, to Class 14CRM.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 14C 4-8-2.
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10/20/2009
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Ashton, WC, WC
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SAS 2010(4-8-2)
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Title:
SAR Class 15CA 2828 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1926 the South African Railways placed twenty-three Class 15CA steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built by the by American Locomotive Company and numbered 2039 to 2059, 2072 and 2073. Another sixty-one were ordered and delivered in 1929 and 1930, built in four batches by three manufacturers (Baldwin Locomotive Works, Società Italiana Ernesto Breda and North British Locomotive Company). These were numbered in the ranges 2074 to 2077 and 2801 to 2857.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15CA 4-8-2.
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10/20/2009
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Vink, WC, WC
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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SAS 2828(4-8-2)
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766
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Title:
SAR Class 23 (4-8-2) Type EW tender
Description:
Class 23 Type EW tender No 3209 was rebuilt from the standard combination water tank and coal bunker to a water only tender to serve as additional tender.
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South African Class 23 4-8-2
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10/20/2009
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Worcester, WC, WC
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Title:
SAR Class 15F 3156 (4-8-2)
Description:
The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service, built in four batches by four manufacturers (Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel and Son, North British Locomotive Company and Beyer, Peacock and Company). They were numbered in the range from 2902 to 3156. The pre-war Class 15Fs were hand fired, but the British built locomotives were all converted to mechanical stoking by the late 1940s. The post-war locomotives were all delivered with mechanical stokers.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15F 4-8-2.
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10/20/2009
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Worcester, WC, WC
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SAS 3156(4-8-2)
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722
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Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3407 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 25NC locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Eleven Class 25NC locomotives, numbers 3401 to 3411, were built by North British Locomotive Company and thirty-nine, numbers 3412 to 3450, by Henschel and Son. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4.
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10/20/2009
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Worcester, WC, WC
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SAS 3407(4-8-4)
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1383
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Title:
SAR Class 25NC 3417 (4-8-4)
Description:
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 25NC locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service. Eleven Class 25NC locomotives, numbers 3401 to 3411, were built by North British Locomotive Company and thirty-nine, numbers 3412 to 3450, by Henschel and Son. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time. Between 1973 and 1980 all but three of the condensing locomotives were converted to non condensing and also classified as Class 25NC.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4.
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10/20/2009
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Worcester, WC, WC
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Title:
SAR Class 7 970 (4-8-0)
Description:
In 1892 the Cape Government Railways placed six 7th Class steam locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service and between 1892 and 1893 another thirty-two were acquired. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 950 to 987 and classified as Class 7.
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South African Class 7 4-8-0.
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10/20/2009
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Riversdal, WC, WC
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SAS 970(4-8-0)
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Title:
SAR Class 23 2556 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1938 and 1939 the South African Railways placed one hundred and thirty-six Class 23 locomotives in service. The Class 23 was South Africa’s last and largest 4-8-2 Mountain locomotive, designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer W.A.J. Day and built in four batches by Berliner Maschinenbau and Henschel and Son in Germany. They were numbered in the ranges from 2552 to 2571 and 3201 to 3316. Since these locomotives were intended for working in the Karoo where good quality water is a scarce resource, they were equipped with very large tenders with a high water capacity that rode on six wheeled bogies.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 23 4-8-2.
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1/8/2010
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Touwsrivier, WC, WC
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SAS 2556(4-8-2)
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Title:
SAR Class 19D 2669 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in four batches by five manufacturers (Friedrich Krupp AG, Borsig Lokomotiv Werke, Škoda Works, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, and North British Locomotive Company). Between 1951 and 1953 thirty-three more were built by Henschel and Son for other operators like Rhodesia Railways, Benguela Railway in Angola and the Nkana and Wankie mines. The South African Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was numbered in the ranges 2506 to 2545, 2626 to 2770 and 3321-3370. The first batch of pre-war Krupp built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers. The post-war batch of North British built locomotives were delivered with Vanderbilt type torpedo tenders with cylindrical water tanks that ran on three axle Buckeye bogies. Since the Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and the tenders were interchangeable, the domeless boilers and torpedo tenders migrated over time between the different batches of Dollies and even to other members of the Class 19 family.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
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4/2/2010
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Creighton, ZN, ZN
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Charles Baker
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SAS 2669(4-8-2)
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603
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Title:
SAR Class 15F 2916 (4-8-2)
Description:
The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service, built in four batches by four manufacturers (Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel and Son, North British Locomotive Company and Beyer, Peacock and Company). They were numbered in the range from 2902 to 3156. The pre-war Class 15Fs were hand fired, but the British built locomotives were all converted to mechanical stoking by the late 1940s. The post-war locomotives were all delivered with mechanical stokers.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15F 4-8-2.
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4/10/2010
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Monument, Cape Town, WC, Ca
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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SAS 2916(4-8-2)
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