Cape Town, 1948. SAR Class S1 No 376 front view of tender. One of 12 built by Salt River Works.
Cape Town, 1948. SAR Class S1 No 376 rear view of cab. One of 12 built by Salt River Works.
Cape Town, 1948. SAR Class S1 No 376. One of 12 built by Salt River Works.
Johannesburg, 1948. SAR Class 15F with Blue Train.
King William's Town district, 1948. Kei Road station, SAR Class 19D with passenger train for Umtata.
Durban, 1948. SAR Class GEA at Mount Edgecombe.
Nylstroom district, 1898. Moving platelayer's camp hauled by PPR 0-6-0ST locomotive 'Pretoria' No 2346 with PPR short open wagons and NZASM bolster wagons. See N100529-42.
Pretoria. Locomotive 2-6-4T No 6 used on the Pretoria-Pietersburg line with staff at station.
27 April 1899. First train of the Pretoria - Pietersburg Railway hauled by PPR 2-6-4T Beyer Peacock No 2, later SAR Class D No 57.
1898. PPR No 1 'President Kruger', later IMR No 1, later CSAR Class D, later SAR Class D No 56. ( SEE P2091)
SAR Class 19C.
1948. SAR Class 19C with goods train near grain elevator.
1948. SAR Class 19C with goods train.
Originally NGR Beyer Peacock 2-6-0T No 5, sold in November 1898 and worked on ERPM mine until about 1946.
The first locomotives ordered for the NGR were these Beyer Peacock Ltd engines No.1702-1706 on 1877. NGR Class K No's 1-4 later renumbered 501-504, three survived to 1910 as 0502-0504.
1948. SAR Class 12AR No 1542 valve gear detail.
1948. SAR Class 12AR No 1542.
Bloemfontein, 1948. SAR Class 15F on 211down 'Orange Express' at showgrounds near Hamilton.
Bloemfontein, 1947. SAR Class 16E arriving/leaving on 211down 'Orange Express'.
Bloemfontein, 1947. SAR Class 16DA on 211down 'Orange Express' arriving.
1947. CGR 9th Class 'Mikado' No 840 built by Kitson & Co No 4341 in 1906. Later SAR Class Experimental 5 No 948.
CGR Kitson-Meyer Double Bogie No 800 built by Kitson & Co No 4197 in 1903. It was used without success out of East London, and after 5 years was standing out of service. It was sold in 1912 into industrial service.
Ferrocarril Mexicano double Fairlie built by Neilson & Co No 2875 of 1883.
CGR 3rd class No 96 built by Dubs & Co No 2486-2497 in 1889.Later SAR Class 03.
1901. Cape 3rd Class 'Wynberg Tender', later SAR Class 03.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' built at Salt River.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' built at Salt River.
1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' valve gear detail.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1, built at Salt River, valve gear details.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' built at Salt River.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' built at Salt River.
1947. SAR Class S1, built at Salt River, crosshead and cylinder detail.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' shunting. (See P2045)
1947. SAR Class GEA No 4002 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 7168-7217.
SAR Class 15F No 3014 built, by North British Loco Co No 25536-25595 of 1944. Engine fitted with vacuum brakes.
SAR Class 19D No 2726 built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd in 1945. Engine fitted with vacuum brakes and given exHendrie tenders when placed in service.
1947. SAR Class 3E No E196.
1947. SAR Class 3E No E196.
1947. SAR Class 3E No E196.
1947. SAR Class 3E No E196.
Durban, 1947. The first locomotive in Natal and given the name 'Natal' attached on it's side. It was built by Carrett Marshall & Co, 1860.
CGR 4th Class with Joy's valve motion built by Neilson Co in 1883. The Joy's VG on these engines was not a success. From the early 1890s they were converted to Stephensons VG and the side tanks were removed and were known as 'Converted Joy's'. Later became SAR Class 04 and had a long useful life.
SAR Class 14A No 1576.
Nylstroom district, 1946. SAR Class ? With Blue Train at sunset.
Pretoria, 1946. View of Iscor steel plant with SAR Class 19D hauling freight train in foreground.
Mafeking, 1946. SAR Class 6F with main line passenger train.
1946. SAR Class 15F with Blue Train soon after resumption of post war service with new name.
1946. SAR Class 15F with Blue Train soon after resumption of post war service with new name.
Umhloti district, 1946. SAR Class GEA No 4005 near Verulam.
Umhloti district, 1946. SAR Class GEA No 4005 near Verulam on bridge.
Umhloti district, 1946. SAR Class GEA No 4005 near Verulam.
1946. SAR Class 15F with goods train on double track in open veld.
1946. Blue Train hauled by SAR Class 15F.
Kroonstad, 1946. Several SAR Class 15F engines in the foreground.
1946. Drivers in cab of SAR Class GEA No 4001.
1946. SAR Class GEA No 4001.
1946. SAR Class GEA No 4001.
1946. SAR Class GEA No 4001.
1946. SAR Class GEA No 4001.
Johannesburg, 1946. Park station, SAR Class 16 departing.
Johannesburg, 1946. SAR Class 15F departing Park Station with Blue Train.
1946. SAR Class GF hauling goods train.
Vryheid district, 1946. SAR Class GL hauling coal.
Johannesburg, 1946. SAR Class GM locomotives at Braamfontein.
Mafeking, 1946. SAR Class GF with train leaving.
1945. SAR engine with goods train.
Knysna. South-Western Railway Company No 4 with goods train, earlier SAR Class NG3 No 4.
Knysna. South-Western Railway Company 0-8-0T Orenstein & Koppel 4880 of 1911, with staff.
Knysna, 1945. South Western Railway 0-4-2T Orenstein & Koppel 1779 of 1906 shunting at station.
Upington, 1915. SAR Class 7 No 973 crossing Orange River on pontoon.
Mount Edgecombe,1945. John Fowler & Co 0-4-2T narrow gauge cane locomotive on the Natal Estates, Stanger-Kearsney line.
Johannesburg, 1945. SAR Class GM at Braamfontein.
Johannesburg, 1945. SAR Class 15F (post war build) at Braamfontein.
Johannesburg, 1945. SAR Class GM at Braamfontein.
Johannesburg, 1945. SAR Class GM with goods train on the West Rand.
Johannesburg, 1945. SAR Class GM with goods train on the West Rand.
CGR 8th Class No 801-803, later SAR Class 8 No 1069-1071, built by Neilson Reid & Co in 1902. This was the first 8th Class built for South Africa.
SAR Class MC1 No 1642 built by North British Loco Co in 1914.
NGR Dubs 'B' No 250 built by North British Loco Co in 1904, later SAR Class G No 197.
1945. NGR 'Hendrie D' No 334 built by North British Loco Works No's 18829-18833 in 1909. Later SAR Class 3 No 1450.
1945. SAR Class FD No 2323 built by North British Loco Works No's 23294-23297 in 1925.
1945. SAR Class 4 built by North British Loco Works No's 19242-19243 in 1910. Temporary CGR No 850-851, later SAR Class 4 No's 1477-1478.
CSAR Class 6L-2 No 349 later SAR Class 6C No 544.
CSAR Class 10 No 1003, later SAR Class 10C No 767.
1927. This standard industrial design of North British Loco Co was known as their 'Dub B' type as they were the same as the NGR 'Dubs B' (later SAR Class G). This was North British Loco No 23645 of 1927 for Northern Limes and is now housed in the George Transnet Museum.
NGR Dubs 'A' later SAR Class A.
NGR 'Hendrie B' No 275 later SAR Class 1 No 1245.
NGR 'Hendrie A' No 326 later SAR Class 2 No 763.
Cape 3rd Class 'Four-coupled Joys' later SAR Class 03.
1880. Cape 1st Class Neilson 4-4-0TT. Their tenders were coupled with bell buffers and when needed they could be simply uncoupled making them tank engines.
1945. NGR 'Reid Ten Wheeler' No 149 built by Dubs & Co No 3835 in 1899. First engine built for trail purposes. Later SAR Class H No 232.
1945. SAR Class 16A No 852 built by North British Loco Co No's 20956-20957 in 1917. Four-cylinder locomotives.
1945. SAR Class 15F No 2971 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No 7082-7111 of 1944. Fitted with vacuum brakes.
Cape 6th Class superheated one of the first built by the newly united North British Loco Co in 1903, later SAR Class 6L.
1945. SAR Class MC No 1608 built by North British Loco Co in 1912.
1945. CSAR Class 11 No 700, later SAR Class 11 No 912.
1892. Cape 7th Class No.336 built by Neilson & Co in 1902, later SAR Class 7 No 963.
1945. SAR Class MJ No1660 built by North British Loco Works No's 21248-21255 in 1917.
1945. SAR Class 12A No 2111 built by North British Loco Works No's 22751-22765 of 1921.
SAR Class 15 No 1563 built by the North British Loco in 1913.