Manila Railroad Company locomotive later SAR Class K No 161.
Molteno. Steam locomotive covered in armour plating. (Steve Matthysen)
'Stormberg' locomotive preserved and mounted.
Plaque with technical information on preserved 'Stormberg' locomotive.
Steam locomotive 'Stormberg', one of a pair ordered by the Public Works from Hunslet Engine Co but delivered to SAR due to motive power shortage in 1916.
East London. Ex East London No 1028 built by Hunslet Engine. Used on construction of Buffalo Harbour.
1874. Shunting engines for the CGR built by Hunslet Engine Co.
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.
Wembley, 1924. Dining saloon 'Umhlatuzi' with staff at British Empire Exhibition.
Johannesburg, 9 to 18 March 1922. Soldiers behind sandbags onSAR type D-8 drop sided wagon.
SAR 2nd class passenger coach No 8655, the first mainline passenger carriage to be manufactured in South Africa.
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.
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.
Johannesburg. Train headed by a NZASM 46 Tonner, later SAR Class B at Park station.
Johannesburg. Train headed by a NZASM 40 Tonner No 55 'Van Riebeeck' at Park station.
Johannesburg, 1900. Train headed by NZASM 46 Tonner No 200 'Wetenschap' at Park Station.
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.
Replica of first carriage used in Natal in 1860.
Pietersburg, 31 May 1899. Arrival of the first train.
Port Elizabeth, 26 November 1928. Last day of operation of Walmer Branch hauled by a SAR Class NG9.
Cape Town, 1893. Station platforms with a mainline train ready to depart behind a CGR 6th Class on the left.
Cape Town, 1 December 1905. The Reopening of the Sea Point Line, train hauled by Cape 2nd Class 4-4-0T No18 'Wynberg Tank'.
Germiston, 21 April 1931. Goods yard.
Germiston. Goods yard.
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.
Permanent Way Inspector with 1928 Morris inspection vehicle.
CSAR First Class type K No 20250 Train De Luxe. Later SAR C-11.
CSAR type H goods wagon later SAR tpe B-12.
CSAR type J No 53632 high-sided coal hopper wagon later SAR type A-5.
CSAR type J2 high-sided coal hopper wagon later SAR type A-2 loaded with timber.
CSAR type J2 high-sided coal hopper wagon later SAR type A-2.
NGR "Minister's Saloon" No 2. Later SAR PVT No 27.
CSAR Class 10. Technical details from the North British Locomotive Company Limited.
CSAR Class 10-1 No 661 later SAR Class 10 No 743.
Mount Edgecombe. John Fowler & Co 0-4-2T narrow gauge cane locomotive on the Natal Estates.
Omaruru, South-West Africa, 11 March 1934. SAR Class NG5 navigating washaway at Omaruru River.
SAR narrow gauge railcar RM501, original number RM NG 1, with four men.
NGR narrow gauge closed goods wagon, later SAR type NG 8-N-1, later NG FB-1.
Cape Town, 1874. Station interior with R & W Hawthorn & Co No. 10 'Ebden' with a passenger train at platform.
Cape 6th Class, later SAR Class 6B manufactured at the Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow.
Potchefstroom, 1906. CSAR Class 6L-2 No 361 at on top of coaling station, later SAR Class 6C.
Cape Town, 1903. Inside of station with passenger train at platform.
Bloemfontein, 1914. Armoured coach with bullet holes.
Bloemfontein. Class 8D No 1223 superheated with inside admission piston valves.
CGR Class 8 No 790, became SAR Class 8D No 1225. Built in 1903.
Train accident on the Zeerust line between locomotives No 2431 and 2302.
1903. NGR corridor train headed by NGR 'Reid Ten Wheeler' later SAR Class H steaming into station.
SAR Class 24 No 3607.
SAR Class 24 No 3607.
SAR Class 24 No 1948 in station.
Durban. NGR boiler shop with NGR Dubs 'B' No 255 in right foreground, later SAR Class G No 202.
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.
Elandshoek narrow gauge forest railway, circa 1926. Women and children at steam locomotive SAR Class NG1 No 40.
Trolley on railway bridge with temporary repairs.
Mr Popkiss and two assistants on railway trolley.
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.
SAR Type S-24 Hulse double-decker passenger suburban coach. Interior.
Okiep - Port Nolloth narrow gauge railway. 1st class coach and open passenger wagon at station building.
Okiep - Port Nolloth narrow gauge railway. Klipfontein, 1895. A goods train of the 'Little Railway' station.
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. 1st class coach and open passenger wagon at station building.
NGR Hunslet 4-6-2T No 2 built for use on the Estcourt - Weenen narrow gauge line.
Kroonstad. Railwayman turning points with NGR Dubs leaving.
Kroonstad. NGR Dubs 'A' No 133 later SAR Class A No 196 in station.
Kroonstad. Passenger train in station, headed by steam locomotive No 133.
Estcourt. NGR 'Reid Ten Wheeler' No 245 later SAR Class H with narrow gauge NGR 4-6-2T No 1 or No 2.
NGR dining saloon interior.
CSAR Class 11 No 701 built by North British Loco Co in 1903, later SAR Class 11 No 913.
Crane truck.
Crane truck.
Crane truck.
Crane truck.
CSAR type A1 No 24991 ex NZASM open goods wagon on top of CSAR type J2 No 53897 hopper coal wagon later SAR type A-2 with steam crane.
Crane truck.
Rack of CSAR Train Deluxe coaches with staff.
CSAR Class 8, later SAR Class 8A and CSAR Class E, later SAR Class H1 in CSAR workshop.
CSAR Class 10 No 650 later SAR Class 10 No 732 in workshop.
CSAR Class 10 in workshop.
Railwaymen posing with a pair of CSAR Class E later SAR Class H1.
CSAR Class 10 in workshop.
Railwaymen posing with CSAR Kitson-Meyer No 1000 later SAR Class KM No 1600.
Interior of CSAR type K1 Deluxe observation car later SAR Type C-10.
Interior of CSAR Type J1 parlour car.
Circa 1906. CSAR Type J2 No 20800-20807 first class coach for Limited Express (Chocolate & Cream). Later converted to SAR suburban coach Type O-10.
CSAR Class L2 later SAR Class 6C No 557 with passenger train at station platform.
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.
Two men at NZASM 19 Tonner No 36.
NGR 0-4-0ST Harbour Board built by Neilson No 89-93. No 90 was sold to Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway and named 'Natal.
NZASM 14 Tonner and CSAR Class 11 alongside each other.
NZASM 46 tonner No 239 'De Wet', later SAR Class B No 36.
CSAR Class 9 No 603, later SAR Class 9 No 730.
CSAR Class 9 No 601, later SAR Class 9 No 728, heading passenger train.
CSAR No 996 rack locomotive with railwaymen posing. Built by Vulcan Foundry.
CSAR Class 10 No 65, later SAR Class 10, standing alongside 1907 Panhard-Levassor 7HO.
May 1910. Decorated CSAR Class 8-L1 No 438 'J.Chamberlain' with 'Forward Federation' emblem.
Usakos. Narrow gauge tank locomotive Class 'Jung' No 56 used on SWA railways. Technical drawing.