SAR Class 14 No 1701 built by Robert Stephenson & Co No's 3543-3562 in 1913.
Potchefstroom, 1925. SAR Class 6C No 544.
De Doorns. CGR passenger train in Hex River pass.
Timetable for Wynberg railway dated January 1869.
SAR Class 8F No 1236, earlier CGR 8th Class. Note 'Coles' safety valves and slide valves.
SAR Class 8Z No 904, earlier CGR 8th Class No 825 'Consolidation'.
SAR Class 5A No 721.
SAR Class 6G No 613, earlier CGR 6th Class No 269 'Schenectady'.
SAR Class 6Y No 711, earlier CGR 6th Class No 901.
Beaufort West. SAR Class 8Y No 899, earlier CGR 8th Class No 820 'Consolidation'.
Beaufort West. SAR Class 8Y No 899.
1904. CSAR Class 9 No 600 built by Vulcan Foundry No's 1904-1907, 1985 in 1904, later SAR Class 9 No 727.
1904. CSAR Class M No 995-996 rack locomotives. They were built by Vulcan Foundry No 1942-1943 of 1906. They were not a success and the rack drives were removed and then used for shunting. In 1910 they were renumbered 0995-0996 but were scrapped in 1912.
George district. Concrete arch bridge near the summit of the Outeniqua Pas railway pass. Probably the first large concrete railway bridge in South Africa, in use since 1913.
Cape Town. SAR Class 10 with Transvaal Limited passenger train at Monument station.
Cape Town. City Hall and Table Mountain.
Johannesburg. Park station bookstall.
Cape Town. Post office stone.
SAR 1914. Type A-18 (2nd Srs) dining saloon No 165 'Umsindusi'.
SAR private coach No 16 'Pretoria', original coach for Chief Mechanical Engineer, placed in service on 17 Jun 1912. (JH Bold)
Kitchen of SAR private coach No 16 'Pretoria'.
Private coach No.16 dining saloon. SEE 16976.
Bloemfontein. SAR Type A-18 (2nd Srs) dining saloon No 165 'Umsindusi'.
SAR Class 16 No 790.
SAR Class 16 No 790 (narrow cab) built by North Britsh Loco Works No's 20430-20441 in 1914.
Johannesburg. Three Fowler steam tractors at old Kazerne.
Johannesburg. Four SAR Thornycroft tractors at old Kazerne with trailers loaded with bags.
Johannesburg. President Street crossing in Germiston.
Johannesburg. Signal gantry at President station.
Johannesburg. SAR Class 10B No 753 heading 4.57 pm suburban train at Braamfontein. Note feed water heaters removed but retaining the Weir boiler feed pump.
Two men on verandah.
"Nelspruit. Mail train."
SAR Class MF No 1620, earlier briefly CSAR No 1016.
SAR Class MF No 1620, earlier briefly CSAR No 1016.
Harrismith. Platberg.
Cape Town. Painting of Jan van Riebeeck arriving in the Cape 1652. (Copy from Illustrated London News, 8 October 1928)
Cape Town. Yachting in Table Bay.
Johannesburg, 1922. Prime Minister Jan Smuts inspecting SAR Engineering Corps after the 1922 strike. (SARM April 1922)
Johannesburg, 1922. SAR Engineering Corps lining up for inspection by Prime Minister Jan Smuts after the 1922 strike.
Vereeniging, 1922. Railway station.
Johannesburg, 1915. SAR&H band at Canada Junction.
Circa 1910. Electrical drillling of sleepers and fixing of plates.
SAR Class 15A No 1571 (narrow cab) built by North British Loco Works No's 20556-20560, 20843-20845 in 1914.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.View at railhead.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Lighting boom for work at night.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Working at night.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One . Dragging rails with mules.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Excavation of cutting by hand.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. The engineer's kitchen.
Upington district, 1914/15. Camp fire in the construction camp during World War One.
Upington, 1914/15. Donkey carts on pontoon crossing the Orange River.
Upington district, 1914/15. Survey team at work for the Prieska-Kalkfontein lline.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One. Gangers and workers levelling track bed.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914. Construction of the Prieska - Kalkfontein railway line during World War One.
Upington district, 1914/15. Mule carts taking railway sleepers from construction train for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Leading illumination car of the construction train for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Looking back onto the construction trains from the eading illumination car. Prieska-Kalkfontein line, tent camp in the distance.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line, viewed from the illumination car.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line, viewed from the illumination car.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Workers tightening bolts onto fish plates for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Platelaying for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Using soil as substitute for ballast on the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Using soil as substitute for ballast on the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Construction camp for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Upington district, 1914/15. Water-drilling rig for the Prieska-Kalkfontein line.
Sishen district, 1977. First train from Sishen.
Upington, 1915. SAR cattle wagon Type I-10 on pontoon crossing the Orange River.
Upington, 1915. SAR cattle wagon Type I-10 on pontoon crossing the Orange River.
East London. Landing passengers by basket at Buffalo Harbour.
East London. Passengers walking on quay after landing at Buffalo harbour.
SAR Class MJ No 1651 built by Maffei No's 3452-3461 in 1914.
SAR Class MC1 No 1642 built by North British Loco Works No's 20442-20456 in 1914. SEE 18531.
SAR Class 14 No 1721 built by Robert Stephenson & Co No's 3605-3635 in 1914.
Johannesburg, 6 February 1915. Railway officers at a field day at Canada Junction during World War One.
Johannesburg, 6 February 1915. Railway officers at a field day at Canada Junction during World War One. General Manager William Hoy with cane in the centre; NK Prettejohn sixth from left.
Pretoria, 1915. Reception of General Louis Botha at the Union Buildings after his return from German South-West Africa.
Port Elizabeth. Three mule carts waiting at railway station. (See SARM May 1925 534 and P1765)
Uitenhage. Street view of old railway station.
Uitenhage. Mechanical workshops, machine shop.
Uitenhage. Mechanical workshops, sheetmetal shop.
Uitenhage. Mechanical workshops, foundry shop.
Uitenhage. Mechanical workshops, trimming shop.
Timetable for Cape Town - Wellington railway from 4 Aprl 1864.
SAR Class 15 No 1563 built by North British Loco Works No's 20364-20373 in 1914.
SAR Class 14B No 1754 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 5877-5891 in 1914/15. Built as saturated steam locomotives, most were fitted with superheaters in 1922/23 making them SAR Class 14.
SAR Class J No 346.
Cape Town. Dismantled cannon used in World War One in Salt River workshop with staff. (SAR&H Magazine June 1915)
Upington, February 1915. Moving rail material over Orange River by pontoon during World War One.
April 1864. Historical fare table for Cape Town - Wellington railway.
April 1864. Historical fare table for Cape Town - Wellington railway.
Rustenburg district. Well-dressed persons with cart drawn by four donkeys.
