Cape Town. SAR Class 5R No 781, only one fitted with a standard No 1 boiler, at Paarden Eiland shed.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5A 'Karoo' No 721 at Paarden Eiland shed.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5 'Enlarged Karoo' No 783 at Paarden Eiland shed.
Natal, September 1904. Royal Train of the visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian.
1904. Princess Christian and dignitaries on balcony of CSAR Private coach No 20000 coach during the Royal Tour. An NGR Dubs locomotive on the left.
Durban, August 1901. Crowd looking on as decorated NGR Dubs 'A' leaves Durban station, bound for Pietermaritzburg, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.
CSAR Class M No 995-996 rack locomotive built by Vulcan Foundry in 1904. They were not reclassified but given Nos 0995-0996 in 1910.
NGR Class Mallett No 336, first of the NGR. Later SAR Class MA No 1601.
Men posing before NGR Dubs 'A' No 120. Later became SAR Class A No 166.
Cape Town. Men posing with CGR 1st Class of 1875 No 7 at Bellville station.
SAR Class 6B No 495 standing in Monument Station having just hauled train No 18.
Crew posing with SAR Class 16DA with wide firebox.
SAR Class 16C with suburban train leaving railway station.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 15A hauling goods train.
SAR Class 15CA on mainline passenger train near Cape Town.
SAR Class 10B with suburban train on Bellville line.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 5B with suburban passenger train in open country.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 8 with short passenger train in open country. Note first coach is ex CSAR Limited Express.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6B No 495.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6D on train No 24 at Parow station.
Cape Town. Class 15CA on passenger train leaving.
SAR Class 16C No 824 with goods train at station.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6 No 418 leaving Salt River Junction from platform 4 with a Bellville suburban train. The electrification masts are visible on the Southern Suburban line (1928) in the background, while the Bellville line was not electrified until 1933.
SAR Class 10B with suburban passenger train at station platform.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 15A with passenger train at railway station.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6Y on suburban train. See N100223.
De Doorns. A pair of SAR Class MC1 with a SAR Class 14C in the background at locomotive shed.
Natal, 23 August 1877. NGR locomotives 'Maritzburg' and 'Durban' construction locomotives on the Umbilo railway bridge during testing. (FD Adams)
Cape Town district. SAR Class 6Y No 712 with suburban train in open country.
Group of men and children posing before NZASM 46 Tonner, later SAR Class B, on goods train.
Kimberley district. CGR 1st Class No 19, later SAR Class 01, with staff. First locomotive to cross the Orange and Modder Rivers. See N43426 and N42107.
Beaufort West West district, circa September 1897. Group of men posing around CGR 1st Class No 7 1897 at Letjesbosch. (HE Fripp)
CGR 3rd class Dubs 1889 No 108 with driver and guard. Later SAR Class 03 No 0108.
NZASM 10 Tonner tram locomotive in railway yard with construction material with six wagons.
King William's Town, 1887. Cape 3rd Class No 84 decorated for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria at station.
1910. Duke of Connaught's train hauled by SAR Class 10 No 663.
De Aar, 23 June 1904. CGR 6th Class Schenectady, later SAR Class 6G, with first through train from Cape Town to Victoria Falls at railway station.
Port Elizabeth. Locomotive No 442 of the Port Elizabeth Harbour Board, possibly at Swartkops station.
Germiston, 17 July 1909. Series of photographs of the accident on the mineral line at Jupiter station showing a CSAR Class E locomotive and ex IMR guard van atop a high-sided wagon.
Germiston, 17 July 1909. Series of photographs of the accident on the mineral line at Jupiter station involving a CSAR Class E Converted, later SAR Class 13.
SAR Class 26 No 3450 rebuild from a SAR Class 25NC to the design by David Wardale based on the technology developed by Argentinian engineer LD Porta. Known as the 'Red Devil'.
SAR Class 16D No 860 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works No 58309-58310 in 1926 and named 'Big Berthas'.
Natal, 1876. Natal Railway Company Kitson 4-4-0T 'Perseverance'.
Estcourt district. NGR Hendrie 'B' No 280 with corridor dining express train on Estcourt bank.
NGR 'Hendrie B' with freight train in a hill section on the Pietermaritzburg - Greytown line. Field Hill from Kranskop.
Pinetown district. NGR 'Hendrie B' with banked freight train, 'Reid Tenwheeler' near Drummond.
NGR 'Hendrie B' with freight train in a hill section on the Pietermaritzburg - Greytown line. Fields Hill from Kranskop.
Volksrust district. NGR Dubs 'A' later SAR Class A with passenger train near Majuba.
Natal, circa 1905. NGR 'Hendrie B' No 306, later SAR Class 1 No 1276, on Umsindusi deviation No 1.
Umsindusi Station. Unidentfied NGR 'Hendrie B' later SAR Class 1.
1904. NGR 'Hendrie B' No 275 later SAR Class 1 No 1245, probably 1904 when loco was new, with Corridor Dining Express.
Eshowe district. Zululand Railways 2-6-0 built by Baldwin with construction train on the Tugela River bridge.
Amanzimtoti. NGR Kitson and Stephenson rebuilt 4-6-4T later Class C2, crossing river bridge.
Waterval-Boven. SAR Class GMAM No 4064 with goods train at station.
Durban. NGR 'Hendrie C' No 11 built at Durban workshop later SAR Class 2C No 765.
CSAR Class 10-2 No 674 with feed water heaters mounted above the cylinders (later removed). Became SAR Class 10B No 756.
CSAR Class 10 (Superheater) No 674, later SAR Class 10B No 756.
NGR 'Hendrie C' No 12 built at Durban, later SAR Class 2C No 766.
NGR 'Hendrie C' No 12 built in Durban, later SAR Class 2C No 766.
CSAR Class Mallet No 1001 later SAR class MD No 1617.
NGR Class No 12.
South-West Africa. DSWA Class Hd No 40.
Weenen, 1907. Decorated train hauled by NGR Hunslet 4-6-2T for the official opening of the Weenen line.
NGR Kitson and Stephenson No 26, later SAR Class C.
NGR 'Hendrie D' No 334 built by North British Loco Co in 1908 later SAR Class 3 No 1450.
NGR 'Hendrie D' No 334 built by North British Loco Co in 1908 later SAR Class 3 No 1450.
NGR 'Hendrie D' No 334 built by North Locomotive Co in 1908 later SAR Class 3 No 1450.
NGR 'Hendrie D' No 334 built by North British Loco Co in 1908 later SAR Class 3 No 1450.
NGR 'Hendrie D' No 334 built by North British Loco Co in 1908 later SAR Class 3 No 1450.
NGR 'American D' No 335 built by the American Locomotive Co in 1910 later SAR Class 3A No 1476 'Maud Allen'.
Durban. NGR 'Hendrie D' No 332 later SAR Class 3.
NGR Hunslet 4-6-2T No 2 built by Hunslet in 1907 for use on the Estcourt - Weenen narrow gauge line.
NGR Neilson Reid No 1 later SAR Class E No 87.
NGR locomotive No 280, later SAR Class 1A.
NGR 'Improved Hendrie B' No 280, later SAR Class 1A.
NGR Hendrie 'A' No 326 later SAR Class 2 No 763. North British Locomotive Company Ltd.
NGR Hendrie 'B' altered No 324, later SAR Class 1B No 1445. SEE P3069
NGR Hendrie B No 275, later SAR Class 1 No 1245.
NGR Kitson and Stevenson rebuilt No 38, later SAR Class C1 No 77.
NGR 'Reid Tenwheeler' No 179, later SAR Class H No 259.
NGR Dubs 'B' No 250 built by North British Loco Co in 1904, later SAR Class G No 197.
Locomotive No 114, later SAR Class A.
Locomotive No 105, later SAR Class A.
NGR Kitson and Stephenson rebuilt No 1. Rebuilt in the NGR Durban workshops later SAR Class C2 No 86.
1888. NGR No 48 "Havelock". First locomotive built in SA. Shown here as built as a 2-8-2TT.
1879. Locomotive No 9 locomotive, later SAR Class C.
NGR Beyer Peacock No 3 later changed to No 503 scrapped before 1904. Remainder of the class renumbered 0504, 0506 and 0507 under SAR. No 506 sold to ERPM No 1 November 1898.
Cape Town. Main station. CGR locomotive (later SAR Class 6) with luxury train departing, just passing the Castle.
Kaapmuiden, 1910. CSAR Class 10 No 660 with Pretoria Express. Eastern Mail.
Pretoria. Steam motor coach constructed at Pretoria 1905-07 using NZASM 19 tonner engine Numbered M1, M3, M4, M5, M11 at Irene Station.
Pretoria. Locomotive with passenger coach at Irene Station.
Pretoria. Locomotive with passenger coach at Irene Station.
CSAR Class 9 No 603, later SAR Class 9 No 730 at coaling station.
CSAR Class 6L-2 No 367 first to be fitted with Belpaire boiler by CSAR. Later SAR Class 6C No 562 (N60739)
Kimberley district. Blockhouses at the Modder River with SAR Class 8 locomotive crossing the river.
Stuartstown Railway. Class NG3 narrow gauge railway turn-out from standard gauge line with third rail 2.5 miles from Donnybrook Station. SEE P1250
CGR 8th Class built by North British Loco Co in 1902, later SAR Class 8F.