Cape Town district. SAR Class 15A on a passenger train on double line in open country.
Cape Town. SAR Class 8F No 1235 at Paarden Eiland depot.
SAR Class 12A on passenger train. (DF Holland Collection)
Port Elizabeth. SAR Class 12B No 1956 at North End loco coaling stage. (DF Holland Collection)
Pietermaritzburg. Steam locomotive depot with a number of SAR Class 14C's. (Martin Leendertz)
1925. Front view of SAR Class 16 with coat of arms of the Prince of Wales. Perviously M 1914. (Postcard donated by JAA Lay, engine driver)
Cape Town. SAR Class 19B with suburban passenger stock. Castle on left. (DF Holland Collection)
Cape Town. SAR Class 19B No 1402 with main line passenger train.
Belmont. SAR Class 6A No 462 in station on preservation special.
Belmont. SAR Class 6A no 462 in station on preservation special.
SAR Class J No 341.
SAR Class 15CA on mainline passenger train near Cape Town.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 15A hauling goods train.
SAR Class 16C with suburban train leaving railway station.
Cape Town. Men posing with CGR 1st Class of 1875 No 7 at Bellville station.
Usakos, South-West Africa, 1914/15. Locomotive yard with, from left to right, DSWA Classes Hd (2-8-2), Hc (0-6-0T), Hb (0-6-2T) and SAR Class NG2 with rolling stock. (EH King Papers. King served in the Union Defence Force)
Pietermaritzburg. SAR Class 14C, no cab attached.
Cape Town. SAR Class 10 passing the signalling building near the military hospital west of Woodstock station.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6H No 627.
Johannesburg. SAR Class 6 with Belpaire boiler on turntable at Braamfontein.
SAR Class 1 No 1267.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5B No 725.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5, SAR Class 16C also visible.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6 No 418 with Belpaire boiler on suburban train.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6 No 418 with Belpaire boiler on suburban train.
Pretoria. Railway cottages, with CSAR Class B and Class E converted locomotives in the foreground, later SAR Class B and Class 13.
CSAR Class 6L-2 No 367 first to be fitted with Belpaire boiler by CSAR. Later SAR Class 6C No 562 (N60739)
1939. SAR Class 4AR No 1554.
SAR Class 23 with Union Limited en route.
Johannesburg, 1940. SAR Class 23 with Union Express.
Volksrust district, 1940. Two SAR Class 1E's with goods train at Mount Prospect.
Stutterheim, 1945. SAR Class 15A and 15AR with passenger train leaving station.
1945. SAR Class 16A No 852 built by North British Loco Co No's 20956-20957 in 1917. Four-cylinder locomotives.
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.
Johannesburg, 1945. SAR Class 15F (post war build) at Braamfontein.
Umhloti district, 1946. SAR Class GEA No 4005 near Verulam.
1947. SAR Class 3E No E196.
Cape Town, 1947. SAR Class S1 No 375 'Voortrekker' built at Salt River.
CGR 3rd class No 96 built by Dubs & Co No 2486-2497 in 1889.Later SAR Class 03.
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.
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.
Cape Town, 1948. SAR Class S1 No 376. One of 12 built by Salt River Works.
Cape Town, 1948. Backhead of SAR Class S1, one of 12 built by Salt River Works.
Durban, 1948. Offloading SAR Class 3E No E207 in Durban Harbour.
Durban, 1948. Offloading SAR Class 3E No E207 in Durban Harbour.
Durban, 1948. SAR Class 3E with passenger train.
CGR 7th Class No 396, built by Neilson Reid & Co No's 4920-4931 in 1896, later SAR Class 7A No 998.
Cape 6th Class built by Sharp Stewart & Co No's 4631-4632 of 1900. Later SAR Class 6F No's 604-605.
1921. SAR Class GG No 2290 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No 6232 in 1925. Design for fast passenger service.
1925. SAR Class GL No 2351 (1st order) built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 6530-6531 in 1929. Most powerful locomotives used in SA.
1948. SAR Class GL No 2356 (2nd order) buit by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 6639-6644 in 1930. Most powerful locomotives used in SA.
1948. SAR Class GC No 2182 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 6187-6192 in 1924.
1948. SAR Class GM No 2298 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 6883-6893 in 1938.
1948. SAR Class GA No 1649 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No 5941 in 1919. First mainline Garratt in service on the SAR.
1948. SAR Class GE (2nd order) No 2270 built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 6339-6348 in 1926.
1948. SAR Class 3E with passenger train.
1948. SAR Class 3E with passenger train.
1948. SAR Class 16 No 790 built by North British Loco No's 20430-20441 in 1914.
NGR Class of the Weenen line on Inyandu bridge.
CGR Manning Wardle 'C' 'Midget' No 41 0-4-0T No 41 used on the construction of the Port Elizabeth - Avontuur narrow gauge branch lline. After construction, it was used for 'picnic specials' and could haul 36 passengers. After Union was renumbered SAR NG20.
1938. SAR Class 23 No 2571 built by Henschel & Sohn No's 23742-23754 in 1938.
Cab interior of SAR Class NGG16 No 115. Part of second order built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 6919-6926 in 1939.
SAR Class 15F No 3082 built by North British Loco Works No 25941-26040 of 1945. Engine fitted with vacuum brakes and last order of this class.
1950. SAR Class 3E heading passenger train.
Highlands district, 1950. Three SAR Class 1E's with goods train.
Transvaal, 1950. SAR Class 15F with passenger train en route. SEE N18323.
Durban district, 1951. Two SAR Class 1E's with Orange Express.
Cape 6th Class built by Neilson Reid & Co No's 5120-5156 in 1897. Later SAR Class 6B No's 490-519.
SAR Class 16DA No 874, built by Henschel & Co No's 217-21755 in 1930 with wide firebox.
CSAR Class 10-2 No 672 unsuperheated built by North British Loco Works No's 18976-18980. Later SAR Class 10B No 754.
CSAR Class 6L-2 No 338. Built as a CGR 6th Class No 358 then sold to OVGS No 82. After Unification became SAR Class 6C No 549.
CSAR Class 10-2 No 672 unsuperheated built by North British loco Works No 18976-18980. Later SAR Class 10B No 754.
Cape 2nd Class. First 3'-6" locomotives on CGR.
Early CGR locomotive, sold to Benguella Railway, with SAR-type bogie coaches.
Manning Wardle No 1113 0-6-0T for Buenos Aires, Argentina. They differed by been standard gauge with different cab and buffering gear, was similar to the NZASM 18tonner locomotive.
Pretoria, circa 1906. Locomotive roundhouse - Class 11 No 726, Class 8 No 449, Class 8 No 469, Class 11 No 722, Class 10 No 664, Class 8 No 482, Class 8 No 467, Class 11 No 721, Class 8 No 441, Class 9 No 602 Class 8 No 446, Class 11 No 724, Class 11 No 720 and Class 10 No 662. [Identified by AE Durrant]
1904. CGR 5th Class No 905, 'Karoo' type, built by Beyer Peacock & Co No's 4567-4570 in 1904. Later SAR Class 5B No 723.
Cape 8th Class built by Neilson Reid No's 6284-6295, 6325--6330 in 1903. Later SAR Class 8D No's 1192-1209. (Incorrect caption on image)
NZASM 46 Tonner No 88 'De Wet', damaged with name plate removed during Anglo-Boer War. No record of it being replaced in service.
Model of SAR Class 23.
1875. Diagrams of Fairlie and Stephenson locomotives.
Cape Town, 1953. SAR Class 4E No 219. Newly arrived from Natal before stripes added.
SAR Class J No 346, built by Nasmith, Wilson & Co Nos 1060-1065 in 1915 for use on the Natal South Coast line.
Noupoort, 1958. SAR Class 5E1 No E375.
Durban, 1888. First locomotive and tender 'Havelock' built in 1888 in NGR railway shops as a 2-8-2TT. Shown here as converted to 4-6-2TT.
1962. SAR Class 1-DE or 31-000 with Trans-Natal passenger train.
SAR Class NG4 No 10 built by Kerr, Stuart & Co for the Natal narrow gauge branches.
Volksrust district, 1964. SAR Class 1-DE or 31-000 with goods train.
De Doorns district, 1964. SAR Class 4E with passenger train near Osplaas.
Johannesburg, 1966. Driver speaking to passingers next to SAR Class ? On station platform.
Johannesburg, 1966. Two SAR Class 5E1's with Blue Train near Johannesburg.
South-West Africa. DSWA NG Class Hb No 63.
Port Nolloth, circa 1886. Condensing locomotive used for the O'Kiep to Port Nolloth copper train.
Springbok district. 'Pioneer' locomotive used during Anglo-Boer War to send a truck loaded with dynamite into O'Kiep.
Kimberley district, 1975. Two SAR Class ? With motor car train.
Loerie district, 1977. SAR locomotive Apple Express travelling Loerie Bank
Port Elizabeth district, 1977. SAR locomotive Apple Express travelling over Van Stadens bridge October 1977
Pretoria. SAR Class MF Mallet under construction at mechanical workshops.
SAR Class 12 No 1494 (narrow cab). Built by North British Loco Co No's 19593 - 19687 in 1912.
1969. JL Hulett & Sons Sugar Estates 'Bagnall Meyer' type locomotive 'Umhlatuzi', built by WG Bagnall No 3014 in 1953. (AE Durrant)
