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CGR 3rd class 'Four-coupled Joys' No W87. The Joys valve gear was troublesome and the last of the class was scrapped soon after 1910.
NGR 6 wheel coupled 2-6-0T locomotive No 1 - 5 built by Beyer Peacock No's1702-1706 of 1878. All sold or scrapped before 1910.
Pretoria, circa 1950. SAR Class 20 converted. Condenstate tank and water feed pump under tender frame.
South-West Africa, January 1961. Opening of 3ft 6in line. SAR Class NG15 in railway yard at closure of narrow gauge operation in SWA. SAR Class 32-000 in the background.
South-West Africa, January 1961. Opening of 3ft 6in line with SAR Class 8 and train in railway yard.
South-West Africa. DSWA Class Ha No 29 with construction train on bridge between Grootfontein and Otavi.
Pretoria, September 1967. NZASM 46 tonner No 242. Sold out of service by the SAR in 1914 to Consolidated Main Reef Mines & Estates gold mine as their No 3. It was returned to the SAR and restored at Koedoespoort workshops as No 242 and mounted on Pretoria Station 1968. Recent research indicates she is more likely to be No 236. She is shown here after restoration at Koedoespoort Works.
Cape Town, February 1968. SAR Class GEA No 4009 'Renoster' with modified exhaust to minimise veld fires in the Western Cape, at Paarden Eiland locomotive shed.
Cape Town, February 1968. SAR Class GEA No 4009 'Renoster' with modified exhaust to minimise veld fires in the Western Cape, at Paarden Eiland locomotive shed.
Waterval-Boven, October 1970. NZASM 46 tonner No 61 'Roos'. Sold out of service by the SAR in 1919 to Simmer Deep Mine, later became ESCOM 'ZASM 4'. In 1971 SAPPI exchanged it for a SAR class 10 No 772. It was restored at Germiston shed in Aug 1971 and was used for several Specials and film shoots before been placed on permanent display at the Outeniqua Railway Museum in 1998. Here she is shown on a special train to mark the 75th Anniversary of the opening of the Pretoria - Lourenco Marques railway line.
