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. |
| Date:
10/14/2009 |
Location:
Bloemfontein, FS, ZA  |
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Collection Of:
 
Col André Kritzinger |
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Author: Col Andre Kritzinger
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| Picture Categories: Steam |
This picture is part of album: South African Steam Locomotives |