Port Elizabeth - Avontuur line. CGR 'Midget' Manning Wardle No 41 later SAR No NG20.
Ressano Garcia, Mozambique, July 1907. Group of Portuguese and CSAR Officials with CSAR Class 6L-2 hauling Royal Train before the arrival of the Crown Prince of Portugal.
South-West Africa, 1937. Narrow gauge train hauled by SAR Class NG15 entering station.
South-West Africa, 1937. SAR Class NG5 and crew.
South-West Africa, 1937. SAR Class NG15 with train.
South-West Africa, 1937. SAR Class NG5.
South-West Africa, 1937. SAR Class NG15 with train.
South-West Africa, 1937. SAR Class NG5.
South-West Africa, 1937. SAR Class NG5 No 75.
Usakos. The General Manager and staff at DSWA Class Hb No 56.
South-West Africa. Narrow gauge line. SAR Class NG10.
South-West Africa. Narrow gauge line. SAR Class NG10, SAR Class NG5 in background.
South-West Africa, 1937. Narrow gauge line. SAR Class NG5.
South-West Africa. Narrow gauge line. SAR Class NG15 with train.
South-West Africa. Narrow gauge line. SAR Class NG5 with train.
Newcastle. GGMA Carbide Factory No 1 ex SAR Class B No 38.
Newcastle. GGMA Carbide Factory No 1 ex SAR Class B No 38.
Charlestown, 7 April 1891. President Paul Kruger and Sir Charles Mitchell after the opening of the line from Newcastle standing next to NGR Beyer Peacock 2-6-0T.
1925. The crew of an unidentified SAR Class 8 displaying the 1925 Royal Tour of the Prince of Wales headboard.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
Stereoscopic images of German steam locomotives.
NGR Kitson and Stevenson rebuilt No 1. Rebuilt in the NGR Durban workshops later SAR Class C2 No 86.
NGR Kitson and Stevenson rebuilt No 1. Rebuilt in the NGR Durban workshops later SAR Class C2 No 86.
Usakos. Narrow gauge tank locomotive Class 'Jung' No 56 used on SWA railways. Technical drawing.
May 1910. Decorated CSAR Class 8-L1 No 438 'J.Chamberlain' with 'Forward Federation' emblem.
CSAR Class 10 No 65, later SAR Class 10, standing alongside 1907 Panhard-Levassor 7HO.
CSAR No 996 rack locomotive with railwaymen posing. Built by Vulcan Foundry.
CSAR Class 9 No 601, later SAR Class 9 No 728, heading passenger train.
CSAR Class 9 No 603, later SAR Class 9 No 730.
NZASM 46 tonner No 239 'De Wet', later SAR Class B No 36.
NZASM 14 Tonner and CSAR Class 11 alongside each other.
NGR 0-4-0ST Harbour Board built by Neilson No 89-93. No 90 was sold to Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway and named 'Natal.
Two men at NZASM 19 Tonner No 36.
From this photograph, one can assume that it was taken at night to demonstrate the brightness of the Pyle National Arc Headlamp fitted to a CSAR 8th class. Although it gave an excellent light they did not enjoy a long life, replaced shortly after with the tungsten filament bulb that became standard on the SAR.
CSAR Class L2 later SAR Class 6C No 557 with passenger train at station platform.
Railwaymen posing with CSAR Kitson-Meyer No 1000 later SAR Class KM No 1600.
CSAR Class 10 in workshop.
Railwaymen posing with a pair of CSAR Class E later SAR Class H1.
CSAR Class 10 in workshop.
CSAR Class 10 No 650 later SAR Class 10 No 732 in workshop.
CSAR Class 8, later SAR Class 8A and CSAR Class E, later SAR Class H1 in CSAR workshop.
CSAR Class 11 No 701 built by North British Loco Co in 1903, later SAR Class 11 No 913.
Estcourt. NGR 'Reid Ten Wheeler' No 245 later SAR Class H with narrow gauge NGR 4-6-2T No 1 or No 2.
Kroonstad. Passenger train in station, headed by steam locomotive No 133.
Kroonstad. NGR Dubs 'A' No 133 later SAR Class A No 196 in station.
Kroonstad. Railwayman turning points with NGR Dubs leaving.
NGR Hunslet 4-6-2T No 2 built for use on the Estcourt - Weenen narrow gauge line.
Okiep - Port Nolloth narrow gauge railway. Two locomotives of the O'kiep Copper Company Limited built for 2'-6" gauge by Vulcan Iron Works. Sold to Tsumeb Corp circa 1944.
Okiep - Port Nolloth narrow gauge railway. Klipfontein, 1895. A goods train of the 'Little Railway' station.
Purported to be South-West-Africa, no confirmation of this photo as being South African has ever emerged. A similar Orenstein & Koppel 40hp 600mm gauge engine was delivered to Mexico in 1905.
Elandshoek narrow gauge forest railway, circa 1926. Women and children at steam locomotive SAR Class NG1 No 40.
Elandshoek narrow gauge forest railway, circa 1926. Train hauled by SAR Class NG1 No 40 with large warehouse in background with 'Transvaal' painted on roof.
Durban. NGR boiler shop with NGR Dubs 'B' No 255 in right foreground, later SAR Class G No 202.
SAR Class 24 No 1948 in station.
SAR Class 24 No 3607.
SAR Class 24 No 3607.
1903. NGR corridor train headed by NGR 'Reid Ten Wheeler' later SAR Class H steaming into station.
Train accident on the Zeerust line between locomotives No 2431 and 2302.
CGR Class 8 No 790, became SAR Class 8D No 1225. Built in 1903.
Bloemfontein. Class 8D No 1223 superheated with inside admission piston valves.
Potchefstroom, 1906. CSAR Class 6L-2 No 361 at on top of coaling station, later SAR Class 6C.
Cape 6th Class, later SAR Class 6B manufactured at the Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
Cape Town, 1874. Station interior with R & W Hawthorn & Co No. 10 'Ebden' with a passenger train at platform.
Omaruru, South-West Africa, 11 March 1934. SAR Class NG5 navigating washaway at Omaruru River.
Mount Edgecombe. John Fowler & Co 0-4-2T narrow gauge cane locomotive on the Natal Estates.
CSAR Class 10-1 No 661 later SAR Class 10 No 743.
CSAR Class 10. Technical details from the North British Locomotive Company Limited.
Cape Town. Steam locomotives at station showing a mainline train on the left behind CGR 4th Class 'Hatrack' and a Wynberg train behind a CGR 3rd Class on the right.
Cape Town, 1 December 1905. The Reopening of the Sea Point Line, train hauled by Cape 2nd Class 4-4-0T No18 'Wynberg Tank'.
Cape Town, 1893. Station platforms with a mainline train ready to depart behind a CGR 6th Class on the left.
Port Elizabeth, 26 November 1928. Last day of operation of Walmer Branch hauled by a SAR Class NG9.
Pietersburg, 31 May 1899. Arrival of the first train.
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 Escourt - Highlands bank.
Johannesburg, 1900. Train headed by NZASM 46 Tonner No 200 'Wetenschap' at Park Station.
Johannesburg. Train headed by a NZASM 40 Tonner No 55 'Van Riebeeck' at Park station.
Johannesburg. Train headed by a NZASM 46 Tonner, later SAR Class B at Park station.
Durban, 1 December 1936. Decorated SAR Class 1E at the opening of the Durban - Cato Ridge electrification.
Durban, 1 December 1936. Decorated SAR Class 1E at the opening of the Durban - Cato Ridge electrification.
Port Elizabeth, December 1906. Walmer suburban train departs the terminus in Station Street behind one of the two Bagnall 4-6-2T's, passing a few dray carts as it goes.
Krugersdorp, 1 August 1940. Driver JM Rautenbach and Fireman F de Villiers at the opening of the new station with SAR Class 8C No 1165.
1874. Shunting engines for the CGR built by Hunslet Engine Co.
East London. Ex East London No 1028 built by Hunslet Engine. Used on construction of Buffalo Harbour.
Steam locomotive 'Stormberg', one of a pair ordered by the Public Works from Hudwell, Clark & Co but delivered to SAR due to motive power shortage in 1916.
Molteno. Steam locomotive covered in armour plating. (Steve Matthysen)
Manila Railroad Company locomotive later SAR Class K No 161.
SAR locomotive Class K No 352.
SAR locomotive Class K No 353.
CSAR Class F No 262 "Chocolate box" locomotive.
NGR Dubs 'B' No 250 built by North British Locomotive Co in 1904, later SAR Class G No 197.
SAR Class 14A No 1576 built by North British Loco in 1914.