Mariental, South-West Africa, 1914/15. Railway station. (EH King Papers. King served in the Union Defence Force)
GSWA Zwillinge No's 163A and 163B.
Beira, Mozambique. Street tramway showing Decaville No 326 narrow gauge engine 'D. Carlos', built 1901, passing Savoy Hotel.
Johannesburg, 18 Feb 1896. NZASM 40 Tonner locomotive derailed at Braamfontein as a result of eight truck dynamite explosion. See P2191. (Donated G Boeschoten)
1938. Side view of SAR composite motor coach 4M Type V43-CM, built by Metropolitan-Cammel Carriage and Wagon Company, Birmingham, England for Natal Electrification. See P2360.
Natal, September 1904. Royal Train of the visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5A 'Karoo' No 721 at Paarden Eiland shed.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5R No 781, only one fitted with a standard No 1 boiler, at Paarden Eiland shed.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 6 locomotive on a goods train.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 6 locomotive on suburban train.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6 locomotive marshalling train No 38 in yard.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6 No 425 on suburban train.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6G No 610 at Paarden Eiland shed. (DF Holland Collection)
Cape Town. SAR Class 10B No 760 at Paarden Eiland shed. (DF Holland Collection)
Cape Town. SAR Class 10B on passenger train.
Cape Town. SAR Class 10B No 754 at Paarden Eiland shed. (DF Holland Collection)
Cape Town district. SAR Class 10C on local suburban train.
SAR Class 6A No 474 on coaling plant.
Cape Town. SAR Class 6H No 621. (DF Holland Collection)
SAR Class 15CA locomotive leaving country station.
Cape Town. SAR Class 5R No 781 freshly reboilered at Paarden Eiland sheds.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 10B locomotive with passenger train in open country.
Cape Town district. SAR class 15CA on Union Express at Muldersvlei.
SAR Class 15CA on passenger train on double line in open country.
Cape Town district. SAR Class 15A on passenger train on double line.
Cape Town. SAR Class 16E No 854 in mint condition at Paarden Eiland depot.
Cape Town. SAR Class 19C No 2463 at Paarden Eiland depot.
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)
Cape Town. A Wallis & Steevens 3-ton steam tractor converted to run on a single rail presumably for steering purposes. Part of the little-known Vasco monorail which used a combination of monorail and road-rail. It was apparently built in the then open land bordering Bellville and used for domestic waste disposal.
Windhoek, Namibia. Side view of armoured trolley SAS R810494 plinthed at railway station. (P Botha)
Windhoek, Namibia. Front view of armoured trolley SAS R810494 plinthed at railway station. (P Botha)
Windhoek, Namibia. Cabin interior of armoured trolley SAS R810494 plinthed at railway station. (P Botha)
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.
South-West Africa. Four uniformed men with 40 horsepower Deutz trolley.
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)
NGR Bogie 1st & 2nd Compo Suburban coach No 150 later SAR type M-6.
NGR 1st & 2nd mainline bogie coach No 17, later SAR type D-6.
NGR 1st & 2nd class bogie mainline coach, later SAR type D-7.
NGR 1st & 2nd class bogie mainline coach, later SAR type D-7.
NGR bogie 2nd class suburban coach No 342 later SAR tyoe O-7.
NGR bogie Compo 1st, 2nd and luggage van No 362 later SAR type U-3.
NGR compo bogie brake van. Scrapped before 1910.
NGR luggage car No 400 intended for use on the Natal Corridor Express. It was unlikly it was used in this form, but had kitchen staff compartments added and became SAR Type B-1.
NGR open bogie wagon No 1454 later SAR Type C-2.
NGR short low-sided open wagon No 246A later SAR Type E-16.
1939. SAR Class 4AR No 1554.
SAR Class 23 with Union Limited en route.
1940. Interior of SAR air-conditioned lounge car Type B-3.
Johannesburg, 1940. SAR Class 23 with Union Express.
Volksrust district, 1940. Two SAR Class 1E's with goods train at Mount Prospect.
Stutterheim, 1945. Gangers' trolley with gangers.
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.
Johannesburg, 1946. Reef electrification.
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.
1948. Building SAR wagons Type B-21 at Dorman Long.
1948. Manufacturing of SAR Type B-21 wagons at Dorman Long.
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.
