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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 GO 2595 (4-8-2+2-8-4)
Description:
In 1954 the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class GO light branch line Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. They were built by Henschel and Son in 1953 and were numbered in the range from 2572 to 2596. The Class GO was very similar to the Class GMA, the chief differences being aimed at reducing weight, such as a smaller boiler with a reduced diameter, a smaller firebox and grate area and a half ton smaller capacity coal bunker. 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 GO 4-8-2+2-8-4.
Photo Date:
4/15/2013
Upload Date:
6/13/2013 5:52:40 PM
Location:
George, WC, WC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2595(UNKNOWN)
Views:
316
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class H2 330 (4-8-2T)
Description:
Between 1899 and 1903 the Natal Government Railways placed one hundred and one 4-10-2T tank steam locomotives in service, designed by Locomotive Superintendent G.W. Reid and commonly known as the Reid Tenwheelers. They were built in six batches by Dübs and Company and North British Locomotive Company. By 1910 five of them had been converted to a 4-8-2T wheel arrangement and in 1912, with the establishment of the South African Railways, these five were designated Class H2 and numbered in the range from 227 to 231. After 1912 the remaining 4-10-2T locomotives, which had been designated Class H in 1912, were gradually also modified to a 4-8-2T wheel arrangement. The first three of these, numbers 240, 294 and 305, were reclassified to Class H2 as well and were renumbered once again, to 329, 330 and 331 respectively. The rest retained their Class H numbers even after modification.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class H2 4-8-2T.
Photo Date:
4/15/2013
Upload Date:
6/13/2013 6:44:26 PM
Location:
George, WC, WC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 330(4-8-2)
Views:
773
Comments:
1
Title:
SAR Class S2 3706 (0-8-0)
Description:
In 1952 and 1953 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class S2 shunter steam locomotives with a 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in service, numbered in the range from 3701 to 3800. Friedrich Krupp AG undertook to build the locomotives to the required specifications, but it was discovered that they could not be built within the specified weight limit if the specified Watson Standard no. 1 boiler, the smallest of the standard boilers, were to be used. Krupp therefore designed a suitable smaller boiler to bring the locomotive’s weight down to the stipulated maximum and the end result was a locomotive that had the appearance of a Cape gauge locomotive with a Narrow gauge boiler, particularly when viewed from the front. It had a Vanderbilt type torpedo tender that rode on Buckeye three axle bogies to reduce the axle load.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class S2 0-8-0.
Photo Date:
4/15/2013
Upload Date:
6/13/2013 2:14:14 PM
Location:
George, WC, WC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3706(0-8-0)
Views:
493
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Harbour locomotive Stormberg (0-4-0ST)
Description:
Two 0-4-0ST saddle-tank locomotives that were originally built for the Irrigation Department of the Public Works Department of the Cape Colony in 1903, were acquired by the South African Railways in 1916 for use as harbour shunters. In railway service they were named instead of being classified and numbered. The first was named Thebus, after the town Teebus on the line between Stormberg and Rosmead in the Cape Midlands, while the second was named Stormberg after the town of that name on the mainline from Bloemfontein via Springfontein to East London.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Harbour 0-4-0ST.
Photo Date:
4/15/2013
Upload Date:
6/13/2013 8:17:21 PM
Location:
George, WC, WC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS STORMBERG(0-4-0)
Views:
803
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class GDA 2257 (2-6-2+2-6-2)
Description:
In 1929 the South African Railways placed five Class GDA Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in branch line service. The locomotive was built to the same specifications and was, for all intents and purposes, identical to the Class GD in its main dimensions. The main differences were the use of bar frames instead of plate frames, differently shaped coal and water bunkers, and a round-top firebox instead of a Belpaire firebox. They were ordered from Linke-Hofmann Werke AG in Breslau, Germany in 1929 and numbered 2255 to 2259 upon delivery.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class GDA 2-6-2+2-6-2.
Photo Date:
4/23/2013
Upload Date:
6/13/2013 3:11:50 PM
Location:
Grahamstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2257(UNKNOWN)
Views:
603
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 4AR 1560 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1913 and 1914 ten Class 4A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service by the South African Railways, numbered in the range from 1551 to 1560. All ten Class 4A locomotives were eventually reboilered with Watson Standard no. 2 boilers and reclassified to Class 4AR.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 4A 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/10/2013 7:28:08 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1560(4-8-2)
Views:
902
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 14CRB 1778 (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.
Photo Date:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 4:53:43 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1778(4-8-2)
Views:
792
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15AR 1798 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/7/2013 11:03:28 AM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1798(4-8-2)
Views:
539
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15AR 1966 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 5:33:42 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1966(4-8-2)
Views:
654
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15AR 2012 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 5:50:12 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2012(4-8-2)
Views:
623
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15AR 2093 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 5:54:42 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2093(4-8-2)
Views:
585
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15AR 2100 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 6:00:52 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2100(4-8-2)
Views:
476
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 15BR 1832 (4-8-2)
Description:
Between 1918 and 1922 the South African Railways placed thirty Class 15B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, built in two batches by Montreal Locomotive Works and numbered in the ranges 1829 to 1838 and 1971 to 1990. All thirty Class 15B locomotives were eventually reboilered with Watson Standard no. 2A boilers and reclassified to Class 15BR.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 15B 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 6:24:38 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1832(4-8-2)
Views:
701
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 16CR 809 (4-6-2)
Description:
In November 1917 the South African Railways placed ten Class 16B steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. Designed by D.A. Hendrie and built by North British Locomotive Company, the locomotives were numbered in the range from 802 to 811. During the 1930s all ten locomotives were reboilered with Watson Standard no. 2B boilers and reclassified to Class 16CR. After its retirement one, no. 805, was actually dereboilered with a dummy boiler to represent its original Class 16B condition, being the locomotive on which long time South African Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman started his Railway career at Braamfontein as a stoker during the 1930s.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 16B 4-6-2.
Photo Date:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 8:00:38 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 809(4-6-2)
Views:
659
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19AR 693 (4-8-2)
Description:
In 1929 the South African Railways placed thirty-six Class 19A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. They were built by Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works and numbered in the range from 675 to 710. Six of them were later reboilered with Watson Standard no. 1A boilers and reclassified to Class 19AR.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19A 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 3:22:04 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 693(4-8-2)
Views:
587
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 2666 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 4:46:12 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2666(4-8-2)
Views:
608
Comments:
1
Title:
SAR Class 19D 2714 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 5:34:41 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 2714(4-8-2)
Views:
411
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3325 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 5:55:55 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3325(4-8-2)
Views:
300
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3330 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 6:06:22 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3330(4-8-2)
Views:
357
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3337 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 6:13:12 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3337(4-8-2)
Views:
293
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3348 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 6:17:53 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3348(4-8-2)
Views:
325
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 19D 3361 (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:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 6:29:29 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3361(4-8-2)
Views:
397
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 24 3667 (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.
Photo Date:
4/26/2013
Upload Date:
6/12/2013 7:17:24 PM
Location:
Queenstown, EC, EC
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 3667(UNKNOWN)
Views:
479
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 8BW 1153 (4-8-0)
Description:
In 1903, soon after its establishment, the Central South African Railways placed thirty Class 8-L2 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. Ten were built by Neilson, Reid and Company and twenty by North British Locomotive Company, which was established through the amalgamation of Neilson, Reid with Dübs and Company and Sharp, Stewart and Company while the locomotives were being built. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 1132 to 1161 and reclassified to Class 8B. In the 1930s six of these locomotives were equipped with superheated boilers, 20 inches (508 millimetres) bore cylinders and inside admission piston valves and reclassified to Class 8BW.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 8B 4-8-0.
Photo Date:
4/28/2013
Upload Date:
6/11/2013 2:18:58 PM
Location:
Fauresmith, FS, FS
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
SAS 1153(4-8-0)
Views:
575
Comments:
0
Title:
SAR Class 8FW 1236 (4-8-0)
Description:
In 1904 the Cape Government Railways placed its final batch of ten 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service, built by North British Locomotive Company. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 1234 to 1243 and reclassified to Class 8F. In the 1930s locomotives no. 1236, 1242 and 1243 were equipped with superheated boilers, 20 inches (508 millimetres) bore cylinders and inside admission piston valves and reclassified to Class 8FW.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 8F 4-8-0.
Photo Date:
5/27/2013
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6/11/2013 2:31:44 PM
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De Aar, NC, NC
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Col André Kritzinger
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SAS 1236(4-8-0)
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Title:
SAR Class 7 981 (4-8-0)
Description:
In 1892 the Cape Government Railways placed six 7yh 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.
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9/18/2015
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10/23/2015 5:24:00 PM
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Bloemfontein, FS, FS
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Col André Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS 981(4-8-0)
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550
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Title:
SAR Class 11 929 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed thirty-six Cl`ss 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.
Photo Date:
9/18/2015
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10/23/2015 5:20:19 PM
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Bloemfontein, FS, FS
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Col André Kritzinger
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SAS 929(2-8-2)
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353
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Title:
SAR Class 16E 858 (4-6-2)
Description:
In 1935 the South African Railways placed six Class 16E steam locomotives wi{h 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 locqmotives 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:
9/18/2015
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10/23/2015 6:04:53 PM
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Beaconsfield, Kimberley, NC, Ki
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Col André Kritzinger
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SAS 858(4-6-2)
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Title:
SAR Class 15F 3046 (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 m`nufacturers (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 Cl`ss 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:
9/26/2015
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10/23/2015 5:46:00 PM
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Centurion, Pretoria, GP, Pr
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Col André Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS 3046(4-8-2)
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794
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Title:
SAR Class 11 946 (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.
Photo Date:
10/2/2015
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7/22/2009 6:02:44 PM
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Lichtenburg, NW, NW
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS 946(2-8-2)
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1560
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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. They 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.
No. 1412 "Bailey" is back in service with the Ceres Rail Company.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19B 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
12/31/2016
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7/17/2017 9:48:19 AM
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Demeter, WC, WC
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Col André Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS 1412(4-8-2)
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318
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0
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 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.
No. 3321 "Jessica" is back in service with the Ceres Rail Company.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class 19D 4-8-2.
Photo Date:
12/31/2016
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7/17/2017 9:50:08 AM
Location:
Table Bay, Cape Town, WC, Ca
Author:
Col André Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS 3321(4-8-2)
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243
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0
Title:
CGR Blackie 9 (0-4-2WT)
Description:
In September 1859 Messrs. E. & J. Pickering, contractors to the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company for the construction of the Cape Town-Wellington Railway, imported a small 0-4-2WT well-tank steam locomotive from England for use during the construction of the railway. This locomotive, later to become the Cape Town-Wellington Railway’s engine number 9, was the first locomotive in South Africa. In 1872 the Cape Government took over the operation of all railways and the Cape Town-Wellington and Salt River-Wynberg lines were amalgamated into the Cape Government Railways. No. 9 remained on the Wellington line until June 1874, when it was shipped to the Kowie to assist with construction at the Port Alfred harbour.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African "Blackie" 0-4-2WT.
Photo Date:
8/24/2003
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12/20/2006 4:38:19 PM
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Cape Town, WC, WC
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS CGR9(UNKNOWN)
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1500
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0
Title:
NZASM 14 Tonner 1 (0-4-0)
Description:
On 18 July 1889 five 14 Tonner 0-4-0T tank steam locomotives were placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. These first locomotives to enter service on the NZASM, numbered in the range from 1 to 5, were built by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in Germany. Erected at Elandsfontein (now Germiston), they were put to work between there and Boksburg. Their small coal and water carrying capacity limited their radius of operation but even so, by the time No. 1 was retired in December 1903, it had covered 113,309 miles.
A Wikipedia article on this locomotive has still to be written.
Photo Date:
4/15/2013
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6/14/2013 11:43:44 AM
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George, WC, WC
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Col André Kritzinger
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SAS NZASM1(0-4-0)
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869
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Title:
NZASM 46 Tonner 61 Roos (0-6-4T)
Description:
Between 1893 and 1898 one hundred and seventy-five 46 Tonner 0-6-4T tank steam locomotives were placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). In 1899 twenty more were ordered, of which only two were delivered by the time the Boer War broke out and the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) took over all railway operations in the ZAR. The other eighteen locomotives in this order were delivered directly to the IMR, who diverted two of them to Lourenço Marques. They were built in twelve batches by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in Germany (who designed the locomotive) and the Nederlandse Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel (Werkspoor) in Holland. They were numbered in the range from 61 to 237 by the NZASM and also named, while the eighteen commandeered locomotives were numbered 238 to 255 by the IMR. At the end of the war the surviving locomotives were taken onto the roster of the Central South African Railways, renumbered and reclassified to Class B, while the two in Mozambique were taken onto the roster of the Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique. In 1912, when the remaining locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered again but retained their Class B classification.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class B 0-6-4T.
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4/15/2013
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George, WC, WC
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Col André Kritzinger
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SAS NZASM61(UNKNOWN)
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Title:
SAR NG1 (4-6-2T)
Description:
The first narrow-gauge line of the Natal Government Railways was constructed from Estcourt to Weenen. Two small 4-6-2T side-tank locomotives, designed by D.A. Hendrie and built by Hunslet Engine Company, were acquired for this line in 1907. They were numbered NG1 and NG2 by the South African Railways in 1912, but were not classified. Both were sold to Angola in 1915. NG1 is now part of the Sandstone Heritage Trust's fleet of narrow gauge locomotives.
Photo Date:
4/9/2006
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2/4/2007 11:23:36 AM
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Ficksburg, FS, FS
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Col André Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS NG1(4-6-2)
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1176
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Title:
SAR Class NG4 16 (4-6-2T)
Description:
In 1911 the Natal Government Railways placed the first two of seven 4-6-2T Pacific narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. Five more were delivered to the South African Railways in 1913 and 1914. They were all built by Kerr, Stuart and Company and numbered in the range from NG10 to NG16. When a system of grouping narrow gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 1928 and 1930, they were all classified as Class NG4.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG4 4-6-2T.
Photo Date:
3/24/2013
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7/7/2013 6:39:49 PM
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Durban, ZN, ZN
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Charles Baker
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Steam
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SAS NG16(4-6-2)
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707
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Title:
DSWA Class Hd 40 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1912 the German administration in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika, nowNamibia, acquired three Class Hd locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado type wheel arrangement to lease to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company for use on the line from Swakopmund to Kbribib. When these locomotives were taken onto the roster of the South African Railways after World War I, they retained their German classification and engine numbers, but with!an "SW" prefix to their numbers. Between 1928 and 1930 they were reclassified as Class NG5 along with similar locomotives that were placed in service by the South African Railways in 1922.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South West African Class Hd.
Photo Date:
3/5/2014
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10/23/2015 6:19:51 PM
Location:
Usakos, Namibia, Na
Author:
Adv Jaco Bisschoff
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Steam
Locomotives:
SAS NG40(2-8-2)
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670
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG6 106 (4-4-0)
Description:
Between 1895 and 1898 Pauling and Company placed forty-two Falcon F2 and F4 tender steam locomotives with a 4-4-0 American wheel arrangement in service on the narrow gauge line that was being constructed for the Beira Railway in Mozambique. In 1915 thirteen of these locomotives were acquired by the Union Defence Force for use in South Africa, where they replaced locomotives that had been commandeered for the war effort in German South West Africa during World War I. At the end of the war these thirteen locomotives were staged. In 1921 they were placed back in service by the South African Railways. When a system of grouping narrow gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 1928 and 1930, they were classified as Class NG6.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG6 4-4-0.
Photo Date:
4/9/2006
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2/22/2009 7:49:57 AM
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Ficksburg, FS, FS
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS NG106(4-4-0)
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2549
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Title:
SAR Class NG G11 54 (2-6-0+0-6-2)
Description:
In 1919 and 1925 the South African Railways placed five Class NG G11 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-0+0-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Avontuur narrow gauge line through the Langkloof and also in Natal. They were the first Garratt locomotives to enter service in South Africa, numbered in the range from 51 to 55, and were built in two batches by Beyer, Peacock and Company.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG G11 2-6-0+0-6-2.
Photo Date:
10/17/2009
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11/11/2009 11:29:33 AM
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Humewood, Port Elizabeth, EC, Po
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS NG54(UNKNOWN)
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1334
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG G11 55 (2-6-0+0-6-2)
Description:
In 1919 and 1925 the South African Railways placed five Class NG G11 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-0+0-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Avontuur narrow gauge line through the Langkloof and also in Natal. They were the first Garratt locomotives to enter service in South Africa, numbered in the range from 51 to 55, and were built in two batches by Beyer, Peacock and Company.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG G11 2-6-0+0-6-2.
Photo Date:
6/4/2005
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2/3/2007 5:01:55 PM
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Ixopo, ZN, ZN
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
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SAS NG55(UNKNOWN)
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3246
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Title:
SAR Class NG G13 49 (2-6-2+2-6-2)
Description:
In 1927 and 1928 the South African Railways placed twelve Class NG G13 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Langkloof and Alfred County Railway narrow gauge lines. Designed and built by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG (Hanomag), it was to become the standard narrow gauge Garratt locomotive in South Africa for the next forty years. They were built in three batches and numbered in the ranges 49 to 50, 58 to 60 and 77 to 83.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2.
Photo Date:
4/9/2006
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2/3/2007 5:31:22 PM
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Ficksburg, FS, FS
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Col Andre Kritzinger
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SAS NG49(UNKNOWN)
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1511
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG G13 80 (2-6-2+2-6-2)
Description:
In 1927 and 1928 the South African Railways placed twelve Class NG G13 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 5-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Langkloof and Alfred County Railway narrow gauge lines. Designed and built by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG (Hanomag), it was to become the standard narrow gauge Garratt locomotive in South Africa for the next forty years. They were built in three batches and numbered in the ranges 49 to 50, 58 to 60 and 77 to 8>.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG G13 2-6-2+2-6-2.
Photo Date:
10/18/2009
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11/11/2009 12:33:30 PM
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Joubertina, EC, EC
Author:
Col Andre Kritginger
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Steam
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SAS NG80(UNKNOWN)
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1124
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG15 17 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1931 three narrow gauge locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement were acquired for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa. Four more batches were purchased for the Otavi and for the Tsumeb Copper Corporation during the subsequent years, built by Henschel and Son and Société Franco-Belge, bringing the total number of these locomotives up to twenty-one by 1958. When the Otavi Railway was regauged to Cape gauge in 1960, all twenty-one locomotives were taken over by the South African Railways. They were classified as Class NG15, renumbered in the ranges 17 to 19, 117 to 124, 132 to 136 and 144 to 148, and transferred to the Eastern Cape for service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line where they were commonly known as Kalaharis.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG15 2-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/9/2006
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2/22/2009 6:35:52 AM
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Ficksburg, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS NG17(2-8-2)
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1149
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Title:
SAR Class NG15 122 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1931 three narrow gauge locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement were acquired for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa. Four more batches were purchased for the Otavi and for the Tsumeb Copper Corporation during the subsequent years, built by Henschel and Son and Société Franco-Belge, bringing the total number of these locomotives up to twenty-one by 1958. When the Otavi Railway was regauged to Cape gauge in 1960, all twenty-one locomotives were taken over by the South African Railways. They were classified as Class NG15, renumbered in the ranges 17 to 19, 117 to 124, 132 to 136 and 144 to 148, and transferred to the Eastern Cape for service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line where they were commonly known as Kalaharis.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG15 2-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/15/2013
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6/13/2013 7:17:40 PM
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George, WC, WC
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Col André Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS NG122(2-8-2)
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1209
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG15 124 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1931 three narrow gauge locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement were acquired for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa. Four more batches were purchased for the Otavi and for the Tsumeb Copper Corporation during the subsequent years, built by Henschel and Son and Société Franco-Belge, bringing the total number of these locomotives up to twenty-one by 1958. When the Otavi Railway was regauged to Cape gauge in 1960, all twenty-one locomotives were taken over by the South African Railways. They were classified as Class NG15, renumbered in the ranges 17 to 19, 117 to 124, 132 to 136 and 144 to 148, and transferred to the Eastern Cape for service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line where they were commonly known as Kalaharis.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG15 2-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/1/2013
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7/7/2013 6:51:38 PM
Location:
Durban, ZN, ZN
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Charles Baker
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Steam
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SAS NG124(2-8-2)
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669
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG15 147 (2-8-2)
Description:
In 1931 three narrow gauge locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement were acquired for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa. Four more batches were purchased for the Otavi and for the Tsumeb Copper Corporation during the subsequent years, built by Henschel and Son and Société Franco-Belge, bringing the total number of these locomotives up to twenty-one by 1958. When the Otavi Railway was regauged to Cape gauge in 1960, all twenty-one locomotives were taken over by the South African Railways. They were classified as Class NG15, renumbered in the ranges 17 to 19, 117 to 124, 132 to 136 and 144 to 148, and transferred to the Eastern Cape for service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line where they were commonly known as Kalaharis.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG15 2-8-2.
Photo Date:
10/18/2009
Upload Date:
11/11/2009 5:11:57 PM
Location:
Avontuur, WC, WC
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
Categories:
Steam
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SAS NG147(2-8-2)
Views:
1499
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG15 124 (2-8-2) tender
Description:
The tender of Class NG15 no. 124.
See also the Wikipedia article on the
South African Class NG15 2-8-2.
Photo Date:
4/18/2013
Upload Date:
6/13/2013 7:48:42 PM
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Humewood, Port Elizabeth, EC, Po
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Col André Kritzinger
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Title:
SAR Class NG G16 112 (2-6-2+2-6-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1968 the South African Railways placed thirty-four Class NG G16 Garratt articulated steam loconotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines. They were built in five batches by Société Anonyme John Cockerill in Belgium, Beyer, Peacock and Company in Englbnd and Hunslet-Taylor in Germiston, and numbered in the ranges 85 to 88, 109 to 116, 125 to 131, 137 to 143 and 149 to 156. In 1989 and 1990 two of them, numbers 141 ahd 155, were rebuilt by the Alfred County Railway using technology similar to that used in the Class 26 Red Devil and reclassified to Class NG G16A.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the
South African Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2
and
South African Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2.
Photo Date:
1/7/2015
Upload Date:
10/23/2015 6:22:26 PM
Location:
Century City, Cape Town, WC, Ca
Author:
Bol André Kritzinger
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Steam
Locomotives:
SAS NG112(UNKNOWN)
Views:
658
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0
Title:
SAR Class NG G16 113 (2-6-2+2-6-2)
Description:
Between 1937 and 1968 the South African Railways placed thirty-four Class NG G16 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines. They were built in five batches by Société Anonyme John Cockerill in Belgium, Beyer, Peacock and Company in England and Hunslet-Taylor in Germiston, and numbered in the ranges 85 to 88, 109 to 116, 125 to 131, 137 to 143 and 149 to 156. In 1989 and 1990 two of them, numbers 141 and 155, were rebuilt by the Alfred County Railway using technology similar to that used in the Class 26 Red Devil and reclassified to Class NG G16A.
See also the Wikipedia articles on the
South African Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2
and
South African Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2.
Photo Date:
4/9/2006
Upload Date:
12/11/2006 7:47:27 PM
Location:
Ficksburg, FS, FS
Author:
Col Andre Kritzinger
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Steam
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SAS NG113(UNKNOWN)
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1929
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