Cape Town. Built for Table Bay Harbour Board No 3 by Flechter, Jennings No 128 of 1874, and used of the 7'-0" gauge on the construction of Table Bay Harbour.
Cape Town. Built for Table Bay Harbour Bay No 2 by Flechter, Jennings No 169 of 1879, and used of the 7'-0" gauge on the construction of Table Bay Harbour.
SAR Class 8D No 1196 superheated with outside admission piston valves. Water column in the foreground.
SAR Class 8D superheated with outside admission piston valves.
SAR Class 8D No 1203.
Winburg. SAR Class 8D No 1196 superheated with outside admission piston valves at station.
Winburg. SAR Class 8D No 1196 at station.
Winburg. SAR Class 8D No 1196 superheated with outside admission piston valves at station.
Locomotive SAR Class 8DW No 1206 superheated with inside admission piston valves.
1906. 'Clyde' Hudswell Clarke No 761 of 1906 to 3'-0" gauge and delivered to a customer in Glasgow, however it is similar to Hudswell Clarke No 686 of 1903 delivered to Cape of Good Hope Public Works Department No 1.
Circa 1877. East London Harbour Board No E4 built by Hunslet Engine.
Cape Town, 1903. Inside of station decorated for visit of Mr Chamberlain.
1891. NGR Beyer Peacock 2-6-0 on 'Dundee Scotch Express' locomotive.
CGR Cape 6th Class later SAR Class 6B manufactured at the Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
Un-identfied SAR Class 6 Locomotive.
Un-identified SAR Class 6 Locomotive
NGR 3rd class passenger coach No 199.
Birmingham. NGR 3rd class passenger coach No 199 built in England.
Cape Town, 1874. Station interior with passenger train at platform.
Pretoria, 1 January 1893. First train to leave from station.
Johannesburg, 1906. CSAR Class 6L-2 No 367, later SAR Class 6C No 562 with main line train in Park Station.
NGR narrow gauge closed goods wagon, later SAR type NG 8-N-1, later NG FB-1.
NGR dropsided goods wagon No 5, later SAR Type NG.8-D-1, later Type NG.DZ-1 used on the Weenen branch.
NGR dropsided goods wagon No 5, later SAR Type NG.8-D-1, later Type NG.DZ-1 used on the Weenen branch .
NGR 1st and 2nd class passenger coach No 26 later SAR type M-10.
Erection of NGR 37ft high sided goods wagons later SAR type B-6.
Pretoria, 1901. Damaged IMR No 99, ex NZASM 46 Tonner No 99 'Komaas', at Lyttleton after being rammed by a truck full of rails, driver killed .
Mr CT Long, third from left, outside SAS dining car type A-28 No 229 'Shashi' with other SAR officials.
12 August 1879. First train from Port Elizabeth to Middleton, hauled by Cape 1st Class locomotive.
Temporary deviation on the Indwe line with CGR 4th Class No 28 and No 31.
Mr Potts, locomotive foreman and Mr van der Spuy, stationmaster standing next to SAR Class GF.
De Aar district. SAR Class 10 No 735. National Collection.
CSAR Class 10 No 661 later SAR Class 10 No 743.
Port Elizabeth. First block of motor cars to leave by train.
NGR coach No 2 Minister's saloon, later SAR private coach No 27.
CSAR type C4 No 69028 open cattle wagon later SAR type H-1.
CSAR type A1 No 24991 ex NZASM open goods wagon later SAR type E-13 on top of CSAR type J2 Hopper coal wagon No 53897 later SAR type A-2 showing steam crane.
CSAR type K water tank wagon No 2463 later SAR type 8X-1 No 40104.
CSAR C4 Sheep open cattle wagon later SAR H-1.
CSAR type A1 ex NZASM low-sided short goods wagon later SAR type E-13 on top of CSAR type H2 No 32690 high-sided coal wagon. The old and the new.
CSAR type A1 ex NZASM short low-sided goods wagon, later SAR type E-13, on top of CSAR type H2 No 32794 later SAR type B-10, showing (then) old and new.
CSAR type J3 No 54500 high-sided coal hopper wagon later SAR type A-1.
Heidelberg Transvaal, 10 October 1895. The linking of the Natal and NZASM lines. NGR Kitson & Stephenson and NZASM 46 Tonner No 104 'Van Rensburg' approach each other.
SAR 1st class main line sleeping carriage No 8500 Type C33.
SAR 1st class main line sleeping carriage No 8500 Type C33.
Norvalspont. Tent camp with Orange River in background.
Norvalspont. Station.
Norvalspont. Station.
Pretoria. PPR Beyer Peacock 2-6-4T, later CSAR Class D, later SAR Class D in the Daspoort cutting.
Sabie district, 1914. Rosehaugh station. (Dempster Album of Nelspruit - Graskop construction)
Sabie district, 1914. Summit cutting at Mile 42,75 between Hendriksdal and Malieveld stations. (Dempster Album of Nelspruit - Graskop construction)
Sabie, 1914. Sabie station. (Dempster Album of Nelspruit - Graskop construction)
Graskop district, 1914. Cutting near MacMac station. (Dempster Album of Nelspruit - Graskop construction)
Inchanga. Train on viaduct.
Inchanga. Train on viaduct.
Inchanga. Train on viaduct.
Gamtoos River bridge. CGR Bagnall 4-6-0 type 'B' No 37, later SAR class NG8 no NG31 crossing trestle bridge.
Gamtoos River bridge. CGR Bagnall 4-6-0 type 'B' No 37, later SAR class NG8 no NG31 crossing trestle bridge.
Humansdorp district. Train hauled by CGR Bagnall 4-6-0 type 'B', later SAR Class NG8 on old trestle bridge over the Gamtoos River. The boats on the river were used to convey goods up and down the river.
Pretoria. NZASM '46 Tonner' locomotive and train on bridge over he Apies River.
Pietersburg, 1899. Transport of ox wagons of the Pietersburg Commando to the front.
Cape Town, 1 December 1905. The reopening of the Sea Point Line, train hauled by Cape 2nd Class 4-4-0T No 18 'Wynberg Tank'.
Cape 5th Class later SAR Class 05 travelling through the Karoo.
Cape Town, 1893. Station platform showing CGR 6th Class and many trains.
Cape Town. Train in station.
Cape Town. Train in station.
Cape Town, 1893. Station platforms with many trains.
Port Elizabeth, 26 November 1928. The Port Elizabeth - Walmer narrow gauge suburban line on last day of operation, hauled by SAR Class NG9 No 44.
Pietersburg, 31 May 1899. Arrival of the first train.
Durban, 1860. The first train to run between Durban and the Point.
Replica of first carriage used in Natal in 1860.
Johannesburg, 1890. Train entering Park station.
Johannesburg, 1892. Train entering Park station.
Otjiwarongo. Station staff at station with narrow gauge SAR Class NG5.
Umzinto, 1905. NGR Neilson Reid No 5 with staff later SAR Class E No 91.
Estcourt, circa 1909. A train hauled by a NGR 'Reid Tenwheeler' assisted by a pair of NGR 'Dubs B' engines battle the grade on the Estcourt - Highlands section.
Germiston. NZASM wagons at the Elandsfontein railway station.
Johannesburg, 1900. NZASM 46 Tonner No 200 'Wetenschap' at Park station.
Durban. Natal Wagon Works, Browns Railway lowsided open goods wagon built 1898 later SAR type C-1.
Durban, 1 December 1936. Arrival of first SAR Class 1E at platform 6 of Durban Platform 6, surrounded by officials.
Durban, 1 December 1936. Arrival of first SAR Class 1E locomotive at platform 6 of Durban station, decorated with drivers WD Stafford and JHJ Weideman.
Durban, 1 December 1936. Arrival of first decorated SAR Class 1E at platform 6 of Durban station, surrounded by artisans.
Railway steward with morning coffee at door of passenger compartment.
Pretoria. Locomotive workshop with No 798 being overhauled.
Sir Lowry's Pass, 1928. Soldiers next to SAR type Z-1 railway truck with mounted artillery during camp.
Johannesburg, 9 to 18 March 1922. Soldiers behind sandbags on SAR type D-8 drop-sided wagon.
Colenso, 19 March 1900. 'Princess Christian' ambulance train the first to cross the trestle bridge.
Durban, 1899. Large calibre cannon from the HMS 'Terrible' mounted on well base railway truck in NGR workshops.
Armoured train on temporary trestle bridge during Boer War.
Wembley, 1924. Dining saloon 'Umhlatuzi' with staff at British Empire Exhibition.
Sir David Hunter with NGR staff group at passenger coach No 108.
SAR Class 12AR No 1542 'The Pride of Kempton Park'.
London, 1840. The Buddicom locomotive.built by a British firm for the French Railways.
London, 1840. The Buddicom locomotive.built by a British firm for the French Railways.
Hawkesbury. Six C38 locomotives used to test a new bridge.
South-West Africa. In 1911 The Luderitzbucht Eisenbahn placed six of these Henschel built 0-10-0 locomotives in use. No LE101-106 shown here with dust shields raised. They were used by the SAR until the early 1920's.
Signal next to train headed by Class K locomotive.
SAR Class K locomotive.
Manila Railroad Company locomotive later Class K No 161.
