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SAR Class 6 432 (4-6-0) |
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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, ZA |
| Author: |
Col Andre Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 432(4-6-0) |
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| Title: |
SAR Class 6 439 (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. |
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9/24/2000 Upload Date: 12/8/2006 4:00:13 PM |
| Location: |
Capital Park, Pretoria, GP, ZA |
| Author: |
Col Andre Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 439(4-6-0) |
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1637 Comments: 0 |
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| 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, ZA |
| Author: |
Col Andre Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 482(4-6-0) |
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1309 Comments: 0 |
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SAR Class 6B 513 (4-6-0) |
| Description: |
In 1897 and 1898 the Cape Government Railways placed a third batch of fifty-five 6th Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service, built by Dübs and Company and Neilson and Company, whose name changed to Neilson, Reid and Company in 1898 while they were being built. In 1907 four were sold to the Benguela Railway in Angola. In 1912, when the remaining fifty-one locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 490 to 540 and reclassified to Class 6B. During World War II two of them were sold to the Sudan Railways.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6B 4-6-0. |
| Photo Date: |
3/24/2013 Upload Date: 7/7/2013 7:10:20 PM |
| Location: |
Durban, ZN, ZA |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 513(4-6-0) |
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390 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SAR Class 6J 645 (4-6-0) |
| Description: |
In 1902 fourteen 6th Class bar framed steam locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 635 to 648 and reclassified to Class 6J.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 6J 4-6-0. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/2013 Upload Date: 6/10/2013 8:13:33 PM |
| Location: |
George, WC, ZA |
| Author: |
Col André Kritzinger |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 645(4-6-0) |
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542 Comments: 0 |
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