List of South African locomotive classes
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Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...

 locomotive classes
Class (locomotive)
Class refers to a group of locomotives built to a common design for a single railroad. Often members of a particular class had detail variations between individual examples, and these could lead to subclasses. Sometimes technical alterations move a locomotive from one class to another...

 used in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It includes locomotives from all original operators:
  • Cape Government Railways
    Cape Government Railways
    The Cape Government Railways was the government-owned railway operator in the Cape Colony from 1874 until the creation of the South African Railways in 1910.-Private railways:...

     (CGR)
  • Cape Town-Wellington Railway
  • Central South African Railways
    Central South African Railways
    From 1902 to 1904, the area of power of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Girouard later also included the lines of The Netherlands-South African Railway Company; together this dominion covered all lines in the Transvaal that belonged to NZASM ....

     (CSAR)
  • Imperial Military Railways (IMR)
  • Natal Government Railways
    Natal government railways
    The Natal Government Railways was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal.In 1877 the Natal Government Railways acquired the Natal Railway Company for the sum of £40,000, gaining the line from the Point to Durban and from Durban to Umgeni...

     (NGR)
  • Natal Railway Company
    Natal Railway Company
    The Natal Railway Company was formed in January 1859 for the construction of a railway in Durban.Unlike later railways in South Africa, the Natal Railway Company made use of Standard gauge of rather than Cape gauge of ....

     (NRC)
  • Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij
    Netherlands-South African Railway Company
    The Netherlands-South African Railway Company or NZASM was established in August 1884 in the Transvaal, and funded by Dutch, German and Transvaal capitalists....

     (NZASM or ZASM)
  • New Cape Central Railway (NCCR)
  • Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwermentspoorwegen (OVGS)
  • PRASA
  • Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway (PPR)
  • Spoornet
  • South African Railways (SAR)
  • Transnet Freight Rail (TFR)


Steam locomotives


Class
"Blackie"
South African "Blackie" 0-4-2WT
In September 1859 Messrs. E. & J. Pickering, contractors to the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company for the construction of the Cape Town-Wellington Railway, imported a small 0-4-2WT well-tank steam locomotive from England for use during the construction of the railway. This locomotive, later to...

 
0-4-2WT Hawthorn
R and W Hawthorn
R and W Hawthorn Ltd was a locomotive manufacturer in Newcastle upon Tyne, England from 1817 until 1880.-Locomotive building:Robert Hawthorne first began business at Forth Bank Works in 1817, building marine and stationary steam engines. In 1820, his brother joined him and the firm became R and W...

 
1859
"Natal"
South African "Natal" 0-4-0WT
The first locomotive to run in South Africa, the Natal Railway Company’s “Natal”, was landed at Durban on 13 May 1860 and made its inaugural run during the official opening of the first operating railway in South Africa on Tuesday, 26 June 1860...

 
0-4-0WT Carrett, Marshall 1860
Class A
South African Class A 4-8-2T
In 1888 the Natal Government Railways placed the first five of its eventual one hundred Class Dübs A 4-8-2T tank steam locomotives in service. The last of the one hundred was delivered in 1899. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered...

 
4-8-2T Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * SAR 
1888
Class B
South African Class B 0-6-4T
Between 1893 and 1898 one hundred and seventy-five 46 Tonner 0-6-4T tank steam locomotives were placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek....

 
0-6-4T  Esslingen
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen , was a German engineering firm that manufactured locomotives, tramways, railway wagons, roll-blocks, technical equipment for the railways, , bridges, steel structures, pumps and boilers.-Founding:...

 * Werkspoor 
1893
Class C
South African Class C 4-6-0T
Between 1879 and 1885 the Natal Government Railways placed thirty-seven 4-6-0T tank steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when fifteen of these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class C....

 
4-6-0T  Kitson * Stephenson
Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...

 
1879
Class C1
South African Class C1 4-6-2T
Between 1879 and 1885 the Natal Government Railways placed thirty-seven 4-6-0T tank steam locomotives in service. In 1901 one of them was rebuilt to a 4-6-2T locomotive and in 1912, when it was assimilated into the South African Railways, it was renumbered and reclassified to Class C1...

 
4-6-2T  Kitson * NGR
Natal government railways
The Natal Government Railways was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal.In 1877 the Natal Government Railways acquired the Natal Railway Company for the sum of £40,000, gaining the line from the Point to Durban and from Durban to Umgeni...

 * SAR 
1901
Class C2
South African Class C2 4-6-4T
Between 1879 and 1885 the Natal Government Railways placed thirty-seven 4-6-0T tank steam locomotives in service. In 1896 one of them was rebuilt to a 4-6-4T locomotive and in 1912, when it was assimilated into the South African Railways, this locomotive was renumbered and reclassified to the sole...

 
4-6-4T  Stephenson
Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...

 * NGR
Natal government railways
The Natal Government Railways was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal.In 1877 the Natal Government Railways acquired the Natal Railway Company for the sum of £40,000, gaining the line from the Point to Durban and from Durban to Umgeni...

 
1896
Class D
South African Class D 2-6-4T
Between 1898 and 1900 the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway placed six 2-6-4T tank steam locomotives in service. During the Second Freedom War, the Transvaal government took possession of the railway and it became part of the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij until the Imperial...

 
2-6-4T  BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1897
Class E
South African Class E 4-6-4T
In 1902 the Natal Government Railways placed ten 4-6-4T tank steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class E.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-4T  Neilson Reid  1902
Class Exp 1
South African Class Exp 1 4-6-2
In 1907 the Cape Government Railways placed a single experimental three cylinder compound steam locomotive with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service, based on the second series of the Karoo Class locomotives...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1907
Class Exp 2
South African Class Exp 2 2-8-0
In 1902 the Cape Government Railways placed a single experimental 2-8-0 Consolidation type tandem compound steam locomotive in service, based on its Schenectady built Class 8 of 1901. In 1912, when the locomotive was assimilated into the South African Railways, it was renumbered and classified as...

 
2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1902
Class Exp 3
South African Class Exp 3 2-8-0
In 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed a single experimental 2-8-0 Consolidation type tandem compound steam locomotive in service, based on its Schenectady built Class 8 of 1901. It was similar to the tandem compound delivered a year earlier, but with a larger firegrate and an increased...

 
2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1903
Class Exp 4
South African Class Exp 4 2-8-2
In 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed two Class 9 steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class Experimental 4.-Manufacturer:The Cape Class 9...

 
2-8-2
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Kitson  1903
Class Exp 5
South African Class Exp 5 2-8-2
In 1906 the Cape Government Railways placed a single experimental steam locomotive with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when this locomotive was assimilated into the South African Railways, it was renumbered and classified as Class Experimental 5.-Manufacturer:The Cape Mikado...

 
2-8-2
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Kitson  1906
Class Exp 6
South African Class Exp 6 4-8-0
In 1906 the Cape Government Railways placed a single experimental Class 10 steam locomotive with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service on the Cape Eastern System. In 1912, when this locomotive was assimilated into the South African Railways, it was renumbered and classified as Class...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Kitson  1906
Class F
South African Class F 4-6-4T
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed eight Class F tank steam locomotives with a 4-6-4T wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered but retained their Class F classification.-Manufacturer:The first...

 
4-6-4T  Vulcan
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

 
1904
Class FC
South African Class FC 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1924 the South African Railways placed a single experimental Class FC Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in -Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1924
Class FD
South African Class FD 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1926 the South African Railways placed four Class FD Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1926
Class G
South African Class G 4-8-2T
In 1904 the Natal Government Railways placed twenty-five Class Dübs B 4-8-2T tank steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class G.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2T  NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1904
Class GA
South African Class GA 2-6-0+0-6-2
In February 1921 the South African Railways placed a single experimental Class GA Garratt articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-0+0-6-2 wheel arrangement in service...

 
2-6-0+0-6-2
2-6-0+0-6-2
In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-0+0-6-2 is a Garratt articulated locomotive using a pair of 2-6-0 power units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1921
Class GB
South African Class GB 2-6-2+2-6-2
In June 1921 the South African Railways placed a single experimental Class GB Garratt articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1921
Class GC
South African Class GC 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1924 and 1925 the South African Railways placed six Class GC Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in branch line service.-Manufacturer:The first locomotive to be built to the specifications of Colonel F.R...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1924
Class GCA
South African Class GCA 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1927 the South African Railways placed thirteen Class GCA Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in branch line service...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Krupp
Krupp
The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

 
1927
Class GD
South African Class GD 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1925 the South African Railways placed four Class GD Garratt articulated locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in branch line service...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1925
Class GDA
South African Class GDA 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1929 the South African Railways placed five Class GDA Garratt articulated locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in branch line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Linke-Hofmann
Linke-Hofmann
Linke-Hofmann was a German manufacturing company established in Breslau to produce locomotives and rolling stock. Its origins lay in the wheelwright business of Gottfried Linke, begun in 1834...

 
1929
Class GE
South African Class GE 2-8-2+2-8-2
Between 1925 and 1931 the South African Railways placed eighteen Class GE Garratt articulated locomotives with a 2-8-2+2-8-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-8-2+2-8-2
2-8-2+2-8-2
A 2-8-2+2-8-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives. It features two leading wheels and two trailing wheels at either end, with two sets of eight driving wheels. The wheel...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1925
Class GEA
South African Class GEA 4-8-2+2-8-4
During 1946 and 1947 the South African Railways placed fifty Class GEA Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2+2-8-4
4-8-2+2-8-4
A 4-8-2+2-8-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated type used on Garratt locomotives....

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1946
Class GF
South African Class GF 4-6-2+2-6-4
In 1927 the South African Railways placed thirty-seven Class GF Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-6-2+2-6-4 "Double Pacific" wheel arrangement in service. A further twenty-eight locomotives were delivered in 1928.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-6-2+2-6-4
4-6-2+2-6-4
A 4-6-2+2-6-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a Garratt articulated locomotive.Other equivalent classifications are:...

 
Hanomag
Hanomag
Hanomag was a German producer of steam locomotives, tractors, trucks and military vehicles. Hanomag first achieved international fame by delivering a large number of steam locomotives to Romania and Bulgaria before World War I....

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * Maffei 
1927
Class GG
South African Class GG 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1925 the South African Railways placed a single Class GG Garratt articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 "Double Prairie" wheel arrangement in fast main line passenger service.-Manufacturers:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1925
Class GH
South African Class GH 4-6-2+2-6-4
In 1928 the South African Railways placed two Class GH 4-6-2+2-6-4 "Double Pacific" passenger train versions of the Class U Union Garratt articulated steam locomotive in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-2+2-6-4
4-6-2+2-6-4
A 4-6-2+2-6-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is a Garratt articulated locomotive.Other equivalent classifications are:...

 
Maffei  1928
Class GK
South African Class GK 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1923 the New Cape Central Railway placed two Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 "Double Prairie" wheel arrangement in service...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1923
Class GL  4-8-2+2-8-4
4-8-2+2-8-4
A 4-8-2+2-8-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated type used on Garratt locomotives....

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1929
Class GM
South African Class GM 4-8-2+2-8-4
During 1938 and 1939 the South African Railways placed sixteen Class GM Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 "Double Mountain" wheel arrangement in goods train service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2+2-8-4
4-8-2+2-8-4
A 4-8-2+2-8-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated type used on Garratt locomotives....

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1938
Class GMA & GMAM
South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4
Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM main line Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 "Double Mountain" wheel arrangement in service...

 
4-8-2+2-8-4
4-8-2+2-8-4
A 4-8-2+2-8-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated type used on Garratt locomotives....

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1954
Class GO
South African Class GO 4-8-2+2-8-4
In 1954 the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class GO light branch line Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 "Double Mountain" wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2+2-8-4
4-8-2+2-8-4
A 4-8-2+2-8-4, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated type used on Garratt locomotives....

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1954
Class H
South African Class H 4-10-2T
Between 1899 and 1903 the Natal Government Railways placed one hundred and one tank steam locomotives with a 4-10-2T wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, with the establishment of the South African Railways, the ninety-three "Reid Tenwheelers" that survived unmodified were designated Class...

 
4-10-2T
4-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-10-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1899
Class H1
South African Class H1 4-8-2T
In 1902, towards the end of the Second Freedom War, the Imperial Military Railways placed thirty-five 4-10-2T tank locomotives in service, built to the specifications of the "Reid tenwheeler" of the Natal Government Railways. At the end of the war, these locomotives were transferred to the Central...

 
4-8-2T
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Neilson Reid * CSAR
Central South African Railways
From 1902 to 1904, the area of power of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Girouard later also included the lines of The Netherlands-South African Railway Company; together this dominion covered all lines in the Transvaal that belonged to NZASM ....

1902
Class H2
South African Class H2 4-8-2T
Between 1899 and 1903 the Natal Government Railways placed one hundred and one 4-10-2T tank steam locomotives in service. By 1910 five of them had been converted to a 4-8-2T wheel arrangement and in 1912, with the establishment of the South African Railways, these five were designated Class...

 
4-8-2T
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 
1901
Class HF
South African Class HF 2-8-2+2-8-2
In 1927 the South African Railways placed ten Class HF Modified Fairlie articulated steam locomotives with a 2-8-2+2-8-2 "Double Mikado" wheel arrangement in service. An eleventh one was placed in service in 1928.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-8-2+2-8-2
2-8-2+2-8-2
A 2-8-2+2-8-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives. It features two leading wheels and two trailing wheels at either end, with two sets of eight driving wheels. The wheel...

Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1927
Class J
South African Class J 4-6-4T
In 1915 the South African Railways placed six Class J tank steam locomotives with a 4-6-4T wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:The Class J 4-6-4T tank steam locomotive was designed by D.A. Hendrie, the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the South African Railways from 1910 to 1922, to cope with...

 
4-6-4T  Nasmyth
Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company
Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company, originally called The Bridgewater Foundry, specialised in the production of heavy machine tools and locomotives. It was located in Patricroft, in Salford England, close to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the Bridgewater Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal...

 
1915
Class K
South African Class K 4-6-4T
In 1917 the South African Railways placed seven Class K tank steam locomotives with a 4-6-4T wheel arrangement in service that had been built for the Philippines, but could not be delivered.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-4T  NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1917
Class KM
South African Class KM 0-6-0+0-6-0
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed a single experimental 0-6-0+0-6-0 Kitson-Meyer type articulated steam locomotive in service, classified as Class M...

 
0-6-0+0-6-0
0-6-0+0-6-0
An 0-6-0+0-6-0 wheel arrangement, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives was used on both Garratt and Meyer articulated locomotives. The wheel arrangement is effectively two 0-6-0 locomotives operating back to back...

 
Kitson  1903
Class MA
South African Class MA 2-6-6-0
In 1909 the Natal Government Railways placed a single 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotive in service. In 1912, when it was assimilated into the South African Railways, it was renumbered and classified as Class MA.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-0
2-6-6-0
In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels, and no trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1909
Class MB
South African Class MB 2-6-6-0
In 1910 the Natal Government Railways placed five 2-6-6-0 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class MB.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-0
2-6-6-0
In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels, and no trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1910
Class MC
South African Class MC 2-6-6-0
In 1912 the South African Railways placed ten Class MC Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-0 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-0
2-6-6-0
In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels, and no trailing wheels...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1912
Class MC1
South African Class MC1 2-6-6-0
In 1914 the South African Railways placed fifteen Class MC1 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-0 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-0
2-6-6-0
In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels, and no trailing wheels...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1914
Class MD
South African Class MD 2-6-6-2
In March 1910 the Central South African Railways placed a single experimental Mallet articulated compound steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in service...

 
2-6-6-2
2-6-6-2
In Whyte notation, 2-6-6-2 refers to a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1910
Class ME
South African Class ME 2-6-6-2
In January 1912 the South African Railways placed a single Class ME Mallet articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-2
2-6-6-2
In Whyte notation, 2-6-6-2 refers to a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1912
Class MF
South African Class MF 2-6-6-2
In 1911 the Central South African Railways placed nine Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class MF...

 
2-6-6-2
2-6-6-2
In Whyte notation, 2-6-6-2 refers to a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1911
Class MG
South African Class MG 2-6-6-2
In 1911 the Central South African Railways placed a single experimental Mallet articulated compound steam locomotive with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in service...

 
2-6-6-2
2-6-6-2
In Whyte notation, 2-6-6-2 refers to a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1911
Class MH
South African Class MH 2-6-6-2
In 1915 the South African Railways placed five Class MH Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-2
2-6-6-2
In Whyte notation, 2-6-6-2 refers to a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set of six coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1915
Class MJ
South African Class MJ 2-6-6-0
Between 1914 and 1921 the South African Railways placed eighteen Class MJ Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-0 wheel arrangement in branch line service.-Manufacturers:...

 
2-6-6-0
2-6-6-0
In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels, and no trailing wheels...

 
Maffei * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1914
Class MJ1
South African Class MJ1 2-6-6-0
In 1918 the South African Railways placed eight Class MJ1 Mallet articulated compound steam locomotives with a 2-6-6-0 wheel arrangement in branch line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-6-0
2-6-6-0
In Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-0 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels, and no trailing wheels...

 
Montreal
Montreal Locomotive Works
Montreal Locomotive Works was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883–1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. For a number of years it was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company...

 
1918
Class S
South African Class S 0-8-0
In 1929 the South African Railways placed fourteen Class S shunter steam locomotives with a 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in service.-Background:Throughout the history of the South African Railways , shunting was traditionally performed by downgraded main line locomotives...

 
0-8-0
0-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1929
Class S1
South African Class S1 0-8-0
In 1947 the South African Railways placed twelve Class S1 shunter steam locomotives with a 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in service, built in the Salt River workshops in Cape Town...

 
0-8-0
0-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

 
SAR * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1947
Class S2
South African Class S2 0-8-0
In 1952 and 1953 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class S2 shunter steam locomotives with a 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in service.-Design specifications:...

 
0-8-0
0-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

 
Krupp
Krupp
The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

 
1952
Class U
South African Class U 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1927 the South African Railways placed ten Class U Union Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Maffei  1927
Class 1
South African Class 1 4-8-0
In 1904 the Natal Government Railways placed fifty Class Hendrie B 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. Six of them were modified to a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in 1906...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1904
Class 1A
South African Class 1A 4-8-0
In 1910 the Natal Government Railways placed twenty-one Improved Hendrie B 4-8-0 tender locomotives in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class 1A.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1910
Class 1B & 1
South African Class 1B 4-8-2
In 1904 the Natal Government Railways placed fifty Class Hendrie B locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service. Of these, six were modified in 1906 to Class Altered Hendrie B locomotives, the first in the world with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 & 4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1904
Class 2
South African Class 2 4-6-2
In 1905 the Natal Government Railways placed two Class Hendrie A steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class 2.-Manufacturer:In 1904 orders were...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1905
Class 2C
South African Class 2C 4-6-2
In 1910 the Natal Government Railways placed two Class Hendrie C steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class 2C...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NGR
Natal government railways
The Natal Government Railways was formed in January 1877 in the Colony of Natal.In 1877 the Natal Government Railways acquired the Natal Railway Company for the sum of £40,000, gaining the line from the Point to Durban and from Durban to Umgeni...

 
1910
Class 3 & 3R
South African Class 3 4-8-2
In 1909 the Natal Government Railways placed its first true Mountain type locomotive in service when five Class Hendrie D 4-8-2 tender locomotives were commissioned. Twenty-five more were placed in service in 1911. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1909
Class 3A
South African Class 3A 4-8-2
Early in 1910 the Natal Government Railways placed a single Class American D 4-8-2 locomotive in service. In 1912, when it was assimilated into the South African Railways, it was renumbered and classified as Class 3A.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1910
Class 3B & 3BR
South African Class 3B 4-8-2
In 1912 the South African Railways took delivery of ten Class 3B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement that had been ordered by the Natal Government Railways the year before.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1912
Class 4
South African Class 4 4-8-2
In 1911 the Cape Government Railways placed two steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. A year later, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class 4.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1911
Class 4A & 4AR
South African Class 4A 4-8-2
In 1913 and 1914 ten Class 4A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service by the South African Railways.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1913
Class 5 & 5R
South African Class 5 4-6-2
In 1912 four Enlarged Karoo Class 4-6-2 Pacific passenger steam locomotives that had been ordered by the Cape Government Railways the year before, were placed in service by the newly established South African Railways...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Vulcan
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

 
1912
Class 5A
South African Class 5A 4-6-2
In 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed two Karoo Class steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 5A....

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Kitson  1903
Class 5B & 5BR
South African Class 5B 4-6-2
In 1904 the Cape Government Railways placed four Karoo Class 4-6-2 Pacific passenger steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and classified as Class 5B.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1904
Class 6
South African Class 6 4-6-0
In 1893 and 1894 the Cape Government Railways placed forty Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service, twenty-two on its Western System and eighteen on its Midland System. In 1897 ten of them were sold to the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwermentspoorwegen. At the end of the Second Boer War in 1901, these...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 
1893
Class 6A
South African Class 6A 4-6-0
In 1896 and 1897 the Cape Government Railways placed a second batch of fifty Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service, forty-one on its Western System, six on its Midland System and three on its Eastern System. During the Second Freedom War four were transferred to the Imperial Military Railways...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Sharp Stewart 
1896
Class 6B
South African Class 6B 4-6-0
In 1897 and 1898 the Cape Government Railways placed a third batch of fifty-five Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service, thirty-two on its Western System, twenty-one on its Midland System and two on its Eastern System. During the Second Freedom War seven were transferred to the Imperial...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Neilson
Neilson and Company
Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...

 * Neilson Reid 
1897
Class 6C
South African Class 6C 4-6-0
Between 1896 and 1898 the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwermentspoorwegen placed twenty-four new Cape Class 6 steam locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in service...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Sharp Stewart * Neilson
Neilson and Company
Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...

 
1896
Class 6D
South African Class 6D 4-6-0
In 1898 a fourth batch of thirty-three Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6D....

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Neilson Reid  1898
Class 6E
South African Class 6E 4-6-0
In 1898 the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwermentspoorwegen ordered its final six new Cape Class 6 locomotives. When British forces invaded the Orange Free State during the Second Freedom War, these locomotives were taken over by the Imperial Military Railways and after the war they were renumbered into the...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Sharp Stewart  1898
Class 6F
South African Class 6F 4-6-0
In 1900 two redesigned Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6F.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Sharp Stewart  1900
Class 6G
South African Class 6G 4-6-0
In 1901 eight redesigned Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6G.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Schenectady
Schenectady Locomotive Works
The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company in 1901.After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters in Schenectady, New York....

 
1901
Class 6H
South African Class 6H 4-6-0
In 1901 twenty-one Class 6 4-6-0 steam locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways, built to the older Class 6 designs with plate frames...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Neilson Reid  1901
Class 6J
South African Class 6J 4-6-0
In 1902 fourteen Class 6 bar framed steam locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6J....

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Neilson Reid  1902
Class 6K
South African Class 6K 4-6-0
In 1901 ten American built Class 6 bar framed steam locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement were placed in service by the Cape Government Railways. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6K.-Manufacturer:The Class 6 was...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 
1901
Class 6L
South African Class 6L 4-6-0
In 1904 the Cape Government Railways placed its last two Class 6 4-6-0 bar framed steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6L.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1904
Class 6Y
South African Class 6Y 2-6-2
In 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed two Class 6 steam locomotives with a 2-6-2 Prairie wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 6Y.-Manufacture:...

 
2-6-2
2-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.Other equivalent classifications are:...

 
Kitson  1903
Class 6Z
South African Class 6Z 2-6-4
In 1901 the Cape Government Railways placed four Class 6 steam locomotives with a 2-6-2 Prairie wheel arrangement in service, that were soon modified to a 2-6-4 Adriatic wheel arrangement. In 1902 another four locomotives were placed in service, built with the 2-6-4 wheel arrangement. These latter...

 
2-6-4
2-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-6-4 locomotive has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels...

 
Neilson Reid  1901
Class 7
South African Class 7 4-8-0
In 1892 the Cape Government Railways placed six Class 7 steam locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service and between 1892 and 1893 another thirty-two were acquired. They were initially placed in service on the Cape Midland System, but were later distributed between the Cape...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Neilson
Neilson and Company
Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...

1892
Class 7A & 7AS
South African Class 7A 4-8-0
Between 1896 and 1901 the Cape Government Railways placed a second batch of altogether forty-six Class 7 steam locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service on its Midland and Eastern Systems...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Sharp Stewart * Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Neilson
Neilson and Company
Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.The company was started in 1836 at McAlpine Street by Walter Neilson and James Mitchell to manufacture marine and stationary engines...

1896
Class 7B
South African Class 7B 4-8-0
In 1900 the Imperial Military Railways placed twenty-five Cape Class 7 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. In that same year, three Cape Class 7 locomotives that had been ordered by the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway were also placed in service. All these locomotives were taken on to the...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid 1900
Class 7C & 7CS
South African Class 7C 4-8-0
In 1902 the Cape Government Railways placed its last ten Class 7 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service on the Cape Eastern System. In 1912, when all these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 7C.-Manufacturer:The last of...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid 1902
Class 7D
South African Class 7D 4-8-0
Between 1899 and 1903 the Rhodesian Railways placed fifty-two Cape Class 7 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. One more was obtained from the Imperial Military Railways in March 1901 as replacement for a locomotive that was damaged beyond local repair abilities during delivery.In May 1915...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid 1899
Class 7E
South African Class 7E 4-8-0
In 1899 the New Cape Central Railway placed one Cape Class 7 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotive in service. Another three were commissioned in 1900, two more in 1903 and another one in 1904...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1899
Class 7F
South African Class 7F 4-8-0
In 1913 the New Cape Central Railway placed three Cape Class 7 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. In 1925, when the New Cape Central Railway was amalgamated into the South African Railways, these three locomotives were renumbered and reclassified to Class 7F.-New Cape Central Railway:The...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1913
Class 8 & 8W
South African Class 8 4-8-0
In 1902 and 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed twenty-three Class 8 steam locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service, three on the Cape Western System, eight on the Cape Midland System and twelve on the Cape Eastern System...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid 1902
Class 8A & 8AW
South African Class 8A 4-8-0
In 1902 the Central South African Railways placed forty Class 8-L1 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 8A.-Manufacturers:...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

Neilson Reid * Sharp Stewart  1902
Class 8B & 8BW
South African Class 8B 4-8-0
In 1903, soon after its establishment, the Central South African Railways placed thirty Class 8-L2 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 8B.-Manufacturers:Upon the...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

Neilson Reid * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1903
Class 8C & 8CW
South African Class 8C 4-8-0
In 1903, soon after the establishment of the Central South African Railways, a second batch of thirty Cape Class 8 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives were ordered and placed in service as the Class 8-L3, immediately following a previous order in that same year for a variation on the same locomotive...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1903
Class 8D & 8DW
South African Class 8D 4-8-0
In 1903, when the first batch of Class 8 4-8-0 Mastodons had been tried and proven successful, the Cape Government Railways placed another thirty-eight Class 8 4-8-0 steam locomotives in service, six on the Cape Western System, twenty on the Cape Midland System and twelve on the Cape Eastern System...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1903
Class 8E
South African Class 8E 4-8-0
In 1903, at the same time that the Cape Government Railways ordered its second batch of thirty-eight Class 8 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives, four additional locomotives of the same class were ordered, but built to modified specifications in order to accommodate a larger grate area...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
Neilson Reid  1903
Class 8F & 8FW
South African Class 8F 4-8-0
In 1904 the Cape Government Railways placed its final batch of ten Class 8 4-8-0 Mastodon steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 8F.-Evolution:...

4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1904
Class 8X & 8R
South African Class 8X 2-8-0
Between 1901 and 1902 the Cape Government Railways placed sixteen Class 8 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 8X...

2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

 & 4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

Schenectady
Schenectady Locomotive Works
The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company in 1901.After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters in Schenectady, New York....

 * ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 * SAR
1901
Class 8Y
South African Class 8Y 2-8-0
In 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed four more Cape Class 8 2-8-0 steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to Class 8Y.-Manufacturer:...

2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

Kitson 1903
Class 8Z
South African Class 8Z 2-8-0
In 1904 the Cape Government Railways placed its last eight Class 8 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotives in service. All subsequent Cape Class 8 locomotives were built with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement...

2-8-0
2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels...

NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1904
Class 9
South African Class 9 4-6-2
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed five Class 9 steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered but retained their Class 9 classification.-Manufacturer:Five 4-6-2 Pacific...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Vulcan
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

 
1904
Class 10
South African Class 10 4-6-2
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed fifteen Class 10 steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered but retained their Class 10 classification.-Manufacturer:Fifteen 4-6-2...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1904
Class 10A & 10BR
South African Class 10A 4-6-2
In 1910 the Central South African Railways placed ten Class 10-2 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives in service, of which five were built with and five without superheaters...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1910
Class 10B & 10BR
South African Class 10B 4-6-2
In March 1910 the Central South African Railways placed ten Class 10-2 steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service, of which five were built with and five without superheaters. In 1912, when the five superheated locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways,...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1910
Class 10C & 10CR
South African Class 10C 4-6-2
In 1910 the Central South African Railways placed twelve Class 10-C 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives in service. When the South African Railways was established in 1912, these locomotives were renumbered and reclassified to Class 10C.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1910
Class 10D
South African Class 10D 4-6-2
In 1910 the Central South African Railways placed one American built Class 10 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive in service. When the South African Railways was established in 1912, this locomotive was renumbered and reclassified to the sole Class 10D....

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 
1910
Class 11
South African Class 11 2-8-2
In 1904 the Central South African Railways placed thirty-six Class 11 steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service. When these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways in 1912, they were renumbered but retained their Class 11...

 
2-8-2
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1904
Class 12 & 12R
South African Class 12 4-8-2
Between April 1912 and 1922 the South African Railways placed altogether forty-six Class 12 steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in goods train service.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1912
Class 12A & 12AR
South African Class 12A 4-8-2
Between 1919 and 1929 the South African Railways placed sixty-seven Class 12A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1919
Class 12B & 12R
South African Class 12B 4-8-2
In 1920 the South African Railways placed thirty Class 12B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 
1920
Class 13
South African Class 13 4-8-0T+T
In 1902, towards the end of the Second Freedom War, the Imperial Military Railways placed thirty-five 4-10-2T tank locomotives in service, built to the specifications of the Reid Tenwheeler of the Natal Government Railways...

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

T+T
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * Neilson Reid * CSAR
Central South African Railways
From 1902 to 1904, the area of power of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Girouard later also included the lines of The Netherlands-South African Railway Company; together this dominion covered all lines in the Transvaal that belonged to NZASM ....

1905
Class 14 & 14R
South African Class 14 4-8-2
Between 1913 and 1915 the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 14 steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Stephenson
Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build railway engines.- Foundation and early success :...

 
1913
Class 14A & 14R
South African Class 14A 4-8-2
In 1914 and 1915 the South African Railways placed forty-one Class 14A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1914
Class 14B, 14 & 14R
South African Class 14B 4-8-2
In 1915 the South African Railways placed fifteen Class 14B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

1915
Class 14C & CR, 14CM & CRM, 14CB & CRB
South African Class 14C 4-8-2
Between 1918 and 1922 the South African Railways placed seventy-three Class 14C steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service...

4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Montreal
Montreal Locomotive Works
Montreal Locomotive Works was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883–1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. For a number of years it was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company...

 
1918
Class 15 & 15AR
South African Class 15 4-8-2
In 1914 the South African Railways placed ten Class 15 steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:The Class 15 was introduced by D.A...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1914
Class 15A & 15AR
South African Class 15A 4-8-2
Between 1914 and 1925 the South African Railways placed one hundred and nineteen Class 15A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service, delivered in ten batches from three manufacturers.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 * Maffei
Joseph Anton von Maffei
Joseph Anton von Maffei was a German industrialist. Together with Joseph von Baader and Baron Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett , Maffei was one of the three most important railway pioneers in Bavaria.-Early life:Joseph Anton Maffei was born in Munich, the son of an Italian tradesman from Verona...

 
1914
Class 15B & 15BR
South African Class 15B 4-8-2
Between 1918 and 1922 the South African Railways placed ten Class 15B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Montreal
Montreal Locomotive Works
Montreal Locomotive Works was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883–1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. For a number of years it was a subsidiary of the American Locomotive Company...

 
1918
Class 15C & 15CB  4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 
1925
Class 15CA
South African Class 15CA 4-8-2
In 1926 the South African Railways placed twenty-three Class 15CA steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. Another sixty-one were ordered and delivered in 1929 and 1930.-Class 15C redesign:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
ALCO
American Locomotive Company
The American Locomotive Company, often shortened to ALCO or Alco , was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States.-Early history:...

 * Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 * Breda
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, more usually referred to simply as Breda was an Italian mechanical manufacturing company founded by Ernesto Breda in Milan in 1886. The firm originally manufactured locomotives and other railway machinery, but later branched out into armaments and aircraft. In 1962,...

 * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1926
Class 15E
South African Class 15E 4-8-2
Between 1935 and 1937 the South African Railways placed forty-four Class 15E steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. -Manufacturers:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Berliner
Berliner Maschinenbau
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff in Berlin ....

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * RSH
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.-History:The company was formed in September 1937 when Robert Stephenson and Company, which was based in Darlington took over the locomotive building department of Hawthorn Leslie and Company, based in...

 
1935
Class 15F
South African Class 15F 4-8-2
The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Berliner
Berliner Maschinenbau
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff in Berlin ....

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1938
Class 16 & 16R
South African Class 16 4-6-2
In 1914 the South African Railways placed twelve Class 16 steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service.-Manufacturer:The Class 16 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive was designed by D.A...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1914
Class 16A
South African Class 16A 4-6-2
In 1915 the South African Railways placed two Class 16A four-cylinder simple steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service.-Manufacturer:The Class 16A 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive was designed by D.A...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1915
Class 16B & 16CR
South African Class 16B 4-6-2
In November 1917 the South African Railways placed ten Class 16B steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service.-Manufacturer:The Class 16B 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive was designed by D.A...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1917
Class 16C & 16CR
South African Class 16C 4-6-2
During 1919 the South African Railways placed ten Class 16C steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. Another twenty were placed in service in 1922.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1919
Class 16D
South African Class 16D 4-6-2
In 1925 the South African Railways placed two Class 16D locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. Five more were placed in service in 1926.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 
1925
Class 16DA
South African Class 16DA 4-6-2
In 1928 the South African Railways placed six Class 16DA steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. Eight more were placed in service in 1929, and another six in 1930.-Manufacturers:...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 * Hohenzollern
Hohenzollern Locomotive Works
The Hohenzollern Locomotive Works was a German locomotive-building company which operated from 1872 to 1929...

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

1928
Class 16E
South African Class 16E 4-6-2
In 1935 the South African Railways placed six Class 16E steam locomotives with a Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service.-Manufacturer:...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1935
Class 17
South African Class 17 4-8-0T+T
Between 1926 and 1929, to address a shortage of suitable shunting locomotives, the South African Railways rebuilt twenty-one ex Natal Government Railways "Improved Dübs A" 4-8-2T tank steam locomotives to Class 17 4-8-0T+T tank-and-tender locomotives....

 
4-8-0
4-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and no trailing wheels. The type was nicknamed the Mastodon or Twelve-wheeler in North America....

T+T
Dübs
Dûbs and Company
Dübs & Co. was a locomotive works in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie. In 1903 it became part of the North British Locomotive Company.-Preserved locomotives:...

 * SAR
1926
Class 18
South African Class 18 2-10-2
In December 1927 and January 1928 the South African Railways placed two Class 18 steam locomotives with a 2-10-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:The Class 18 2-10-2 steam locomotive was designed by Colonel F.R...

 
2-10-2
2-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1927
Class 19 & 19R
South African Class 19 4-8-2
In 1928 the South African Railways placed four Class 19 steam locomotives with a wheel arrangement in service. One of them was later reboilered and reclassified to Class 19R.-Manufacturer:At the request of Colonel F.R...

4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Berliner
Berliner Maschinenbau
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff in Berlin ....

 
1928
Class 19A & 19AR
South African Class 19A 4-8-2
In 1929 the South African Railways placed thirty-six Class 19A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement in service. Five of them were later reboilered and reclassified to Class 19AR.-Manufacturer:...

4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
SLM
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works were a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland...

 
1929
Class 19B & 19BR
South African Class 19B 4-8-2
In 1930 the South African Railways placed fourteen Class 19B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. One of them was later reboilered and reclassified to Class 19BR.-Manufacturer:...

4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Berliner
Berliner Maschinenbau
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff in Berlin ....

 
1930
Class 19C
South African Class 19C 4-8-2
In 1935 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 19C steam locomotives with a Mountain wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:When the need for more branch line locomotives became apparent in 1934, tenders were invited by the South African Railways for another fifty Class 19B locomotives...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1935
Class 19D
South African Class 19D 4-8-2
Between 1937 and 1949 the South African Railways placed two hundred and thirty-five Class 19D steam locomotives wirh a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service...

 
4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

Krupp
Krupp
The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

 * Borsig * Škoda
Škoda Works
Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...

 * RSH
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.-History:The company was formed in September 1937 when Robert Stephenson and Company, which was based in Darlington took over the locomotive building department of Hawthorn Leslie and Company, based in...

 * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1937
Class 20
South African Class 20 2-10-2
In 1935 the South African Railways placed one Class 20 steam locomotive with a Santa Fe wheel arrangement in service. In 1950 it was modified to an experimental condensing locomotive.-Design:...

2-10-2
2-10-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck...

SAR  1935
Class 21
South African Class 21 2-10-4
In 1937 the South African Railways placed one Class 21 steam locomotive with a Texas wheel arrangement in service, designed as a mixed traffic locomotive suitable for light rail. A simultaneously proposed heavier main line version Class 22 never materialised....

2-10-4
2-10-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 2-10-4 locomotive has two leading wheels, ten driving wheels , and four trailing wheels...

NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1937
Class 23
South African Class 23 4-8-2
In 1938 and 1939 the South African Railways placed one hundred and thirty-six Class 23 steam locomotives in service. The Class 23 was the last and the largest 4-8-2 Mountain locomotive to be designed by the South African Railways.-Manufacturers:...

4-8-2
4-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

Berliner
Berliner Maschinenbau
Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff in Berlin ....

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

1938
Class 24
South African Class 24 2-8-4
In 1949 and 1950 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 24 branch line steam locomotives with a 2-8-4 Berkshire wheel arrangement in service.-Design:...

2-8-4
2-8-4
In the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle followed by four powered driving axles and two unpowered trailing axles. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for...

NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

1949
Class 25 & 25NC
South African Class 25 4-8-4
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed ninety Class 25 condensing steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 Northern wheel arrangement in service...

4-8-4
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification: 2D2...

NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

1953
Class 25NC
South African Class 25NC 4-8-4
Between 1953 and 1955 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 25NC steam locomotives with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. The Class 25NC is the non condensing version of the Class 25 condensing locomotive, of which ninety were placed in service at the same time...

 
4-8-4
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification: 2D2...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * NBL
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
1953
Class 26  4-8-4
4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification: 2D2...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * SAR 
1981
Class Zwillinge  0-6-0T  Jung * Breslau * Egestorf * Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * Krauss * Schwartzkopff
1898
Class Hd & NG5
South African Class Hd 2-8-2
In 1912 the German administration in Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika, now Namibia, acquired three Class Hd locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement to lease to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company for use on the line from Swakopmund to Karibib...

 
2-8-2
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1912
Class NG1
South African Class NG1 0-4-0T
In 1900 the British War Office placed two Sirdar class 0-4-0T narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service near Germiston. At the end of the Second Freedom War the locomotives were sold to a farmer, who used it on a firewood line out of Pienaarsrivier until the line and locomotives were taken...

 
0-4-0T  Kerr Stuart  1900
Class NG2
South African Class NG2 0-4-2T
Between 1897 and 1901 Arthur Koppel, acting as agents, imported a number of Dickson built 0-4-2ST narrow gauge saddle tank steam locomotives to mines on the Witwatersrand. In 1915, when an urgent need arose for additional locomotives in German South West Africa during World War I, two of the...

 
0-4-2T  Dickson
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of boilers and steam engines used in various industries but most known in railway steam locomotives...

 
1897
Class NG3
South African Class NG3 4-6-2T
In 1907 the Natal Government Railways placed six 4-6-2T narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they retained their running numbers, but with an "NG" prefix added...

 
4-6-2T  Hawthorn Leslie
Hawthorn Leslie and Company
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer. The Company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.-History:...

 
1907
Class NG4
South African Class NG4 4-6-2T
In 1911, shortly before being amalgamated into the South African Railways, the Natal Government Railways placed the first two of seven 4-6-2T Pacific narrow gauge tank steam locomotives in service...

 
4-6-2T  Kerr Stuart  1911
Class NG5
South African Class NG5 2-8-2
In 1922 the South African Railways placed six narrow gauge steam locomotives with a 2-8-2 Mikado wheel arrangement in service on the Otavi branch in South West Africa...

 
2-8-2
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 
1922
Class NG6
South African Class NG6 4-4-0
Between 1895 and 1898 Pauling and Company placed forty-two Falcon F2 and F4 tender steam locomotives with a 4-4-0 American wheel arrangement in service on the narrow gauge line that was being constructed for the Beira Railway in Mozambique...

 
4-4-0
4-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels...

 
Falcon
Brush Traction
This article is about a British rail-locomotive maker. For the Detroit auto-maker, see Brush Motor Car CompanyBrush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, part of the FKI group , based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, England situated alongside the Midland Main Line.-...

 * Glasgow
Dugald Drummond
Dugald Drummond was a Scottish steam locomotive engineer. He had a career with the North British Railway, LB&SCR, Caledonian Railway and London and South Western Railway...

1895
Class NG7
South African Class NG7 2-6-0
In 1902 the Cape Government Railways placed three steam locomotives with a 2-6-0 Mogul wheel arrangement in service on the Hopefield narrow gauge branch line that was being constructed from Kalbaskraal. A fourth locomotive was ordered in 1911....

 
2-6-0
2-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Mogul...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

1902
Class NG8
South African Class NG8 4-6-0
In 1903 the Cape Government Railways placed six "Type B" 4-6-0 steam locomotives in service on the Avontuur narrow gauge line in the Langkloof. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered with an "NG" prefix to their numbers.A further three...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Bagnall * Kerr Stuart  1903
Class NG9
South African Class NG9 4-6-0
During 1915 and 1916 the South African Railways placed six steam locomotives with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line...

 
4-6-0
4-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels. This wheel arrangement became the second-most popular...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 
1915
Class NG10
South African Class NG10 4-6-2
In 1916 the South African Railways placed six steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in service on the Langkloof narrow gauge line. When a system of grouping narrow gauge locomotives into classes was eventually introduced somewhere between 1928 and 1930, they were classified as...

 
4-6-2
4-6-2
4-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle .These locomotives are also known as Pacifics...

 
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

 
1916
Class NG G11
South African Class NG G11 2-6-0+0-6-2
Between 1919 and 1925 the South African Railways placed five Class NG G11 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-0+0-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Avontuur narrow gauge line through the Langkloof and also in Natal...

 
2-6-0+0-6-2
2-6-0+0-6-2
In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-0+0-6-2 is a Garratt articulated locomotive using a pair of 2-6-0 power units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1919
Class NG G12
South African Class NG G12 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1927 the South African Railways placed two Class NG G12 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Franco-Belge
Société Franco-Belge
The Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer was a French engineering firm that specialised mainly in the construction of railway vehicles and their components and accessories. Its was based at Raismes in the Département Nord in France...

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 
1927
Class NG G13  2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Hanomag
Hanomag
Hanomag was a German producer of steam locomotives, tractors, trucks and military vehicles. Hanomag first achieved international fame by delivering a large number of steam locomotives to Romania and Bulgaria before World War I....

1927
Class NG G14
South African Class NG G14 2-6-2+2-6-2
In 1931 the South African Railways placed a single light Class NG G14 Garratt articulated steam locomotive with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Hanomag
Hanomag
Hanomag was a German producer of steam locomotives, tractors, trucks and military vehicles. Hanomag first achieved international fame by delivering a large number of steam locomotives to Romania and Bulgaria before World War I....

1931
Class NG15  2-8-2
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle , eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and two trailing wheels on one axle...

 
Henschel
Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son was a German company, situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons....

 * Franco-Belge
Société Franco-Belge
The Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer was a French engineering firm that specialised mainly in the construction of railway vehicles and their components and accessories. Its was based at Raismes in the Département Nord in France...

 
1931
Class NG G16
South African Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2
Between 1937 and 1968 the South African Railways placed thirty-four Class NG G16 Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 2-6-2+2-6-2 wheel arrangement in service on the Avontuur Railway and on the Natal narrow gauge lines.-Manufacturers:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
Cockerill
John Cockerill (company)
The John Cockerill Company was a Belgian iron, steel and manufacturing company based in Seraing in the region of Liege, founded by the British industrialist family fathered by William Cockerill....

 * BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 * Hunslet-Taylor
Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...

 
1937
Class NG G16A
South African Class NG G16A 2-6-2+2-6-2
Between 1937 and 1968 the South African Railways placed thirty-four Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt articulated steam locomotives in service. In 1989 and 1990 two of these locomotives were rebuilt to Class NG G16A by the Alfred County Railway.-Manufacturers:...

 
2-6-2+2-6-2
2-6-2+2-6-2
A 2-6-2+2-6-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is an articulated locomotive type used on Garratt and Fairlie locomotives...

 
BP
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...

 * Hunslet-Taylor
Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...

 * ACR 
1989

Diesel-electric locomotives



Class Wheel
Arrangement
Wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed beneath a locomotive.. Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and connections, with the adopted notations varying by country...

 
Manufacturer
Manufacturer’s
Type
Year First
Run
Class 31-000
South African Class 31-000
In June and July 1958 the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 31-000 GE U12B diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U12B 1958
Class 32-000
South African Class 32-000
Between November 1959 and November 1961 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifteen Class 32-000 GE U18C1 diesel-electric locomotives in service in South West Africa.- Manufacturer :...

 
1Co+Co1 General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U18C1 1959
Class 32-200
South African Class 32-200
In June and July 1966 the South African Railways placed ten Class 32-200 GE U20C1 diesel-electric locomotives in service in South West Africa..- Manufacturer :...

 
1Co+Co1 General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U20C1 1966
Class 33-000
South African Class 33-000
Between June 1965 and January 1966 the South African Railways placed sixty-five Class 33-000 GE U20C diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U20C 1965
Class 33-200
South African Class 33-200
Between October 1966 and May 1967 the South African Railways placed twenty Class 33-200 EMD GL26MC diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD GL26MC 1966
Class 33-400
South African Class 33-400
Between July 1968 and March 1970 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifteen Class 33-400 GE U20C diesel-electric locomotives in service...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U20C 1968
Class 34-000
South African Class 34-000
Between July 1971 and March 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-five Class 34-000 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

 & Co-Co
General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

GT26MC 1971
Class 34-200
South African Class 34-200
Between October 1971 and March 1972 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 34-200 EMD GT26MC diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD U26C 1971
Class 34-400
South African Class 34-400
Between April 1973 and November 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-400 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

 & Co-Co
General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U26C 1973
Class 34-500
South African Class 34-500
Between 1974 and 1977 the state owned South African Iron and Steel Corporation, now Kumba Iron Ore, placed forty-four GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service on its 1974 built Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line and as heavy shunters at the Sishen mine. In 1977 another two locomotives were built...

 
Co-Co General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U26C 1974
Class 34-600
South African Class 34-600
Between December 1974 and July 1976 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 34-600 EMD GT26MC diesel-electric locomotives in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD GT26MC 1974
Class 34-800
South African Class 34-800
Between August 1978 and December 1979 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 34-800 EMD GT26MC diesel-electric locomotives in service. In 1979 one more of the same type was placed in service by Iscor in Newcastle, and between April and July 1980 a further eight of these locomotives were...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD GT26MC 1978
Class 34-900
South African Class 34-900
Between October 1979 and February 1981 the South African Railways placed thirty Class 34-900 GE U26C diesel-electric locomotives in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

 & Co-Co
General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U26C 1979
Class 35-000
South African Class 35-000
Between March 1972 and May 1973 the South African Railways placed seventy Class 35-000 GE U15C diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U15C 1972
Class 35-200
South African Class 35-200
Between November 1974 and August 1976 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 35-200 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD GT18MC 1974
Class 35-400
South African Class 35-400
Between March 1976 and May 1980 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-400 GE U15C diesel-electric locomotives in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

U15C 1976
Class 35-600
South African Class 35-600
Between September 1976 and June 1978 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 35-600 EMD GT18MC diesel-electric locomotives in service...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD GT18MC 1976
Class 36-000
South African Class 36-000
Between June 1975 and 1981 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty-four Class 36-000 GE SG10B diesel-electric locomotives in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

SG10B 1975
Class 36-200
South African Class 36-200
Beginning in August 1980 the South African Railways placed one hundred and one Class 36-200 EMD SW1002 diesel-electric locomotives in service. In 1984 one Class 36-200 locomotive was also built for the Bophuthatswana National Development Corporation, for use at the Ga-Rankuwa Industrial Estate...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

GM-EMD SW1002 1980
Class 37-000
South African Class 37-000
Between May 1981 and 1982 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 37-000 EMD GT26M2C diesel-electric locomotives in service. After these locomotives were commissioned, the national carrier was not to invest in new diesel-electric locomotives before 2009, nearly three decades later.-...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

GM-EMD GT26M2C 1981
Class 39-000
South African Class 39-000
In 2005 Transwerk commenced a project of rebuilding one hundred existing locomotives to new Class 39-000 EMD GT26CU-3 locomotives for Spoornet. Only five were eventually rebuilt and placed in service between April 2006 and 2009.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

EMD
EMD
- Music :* E.M.D., a Swedish band* The Explorations in Music and Dance / EMD Network, represents diverse higher education institutions of dance and music in Greenland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with additional institutional partners in the European...

GT26CU-3 2006
Class 39-200
South African Class 39-200
Early in 2010 fifty Class 39-200 type EMD GT26CU-3 diesel-electric locomotives were placed in service by Transnet Freight Rail.-The Rebuilt Class 39-000:...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

EMD
EMD
- Music :* E.M.D., a Swedish band* The Explorations in Music and Dance / EMD Network, represents diverse higher education institutions of dance and music in Greenland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with additional institutional partners in the European...

GT26CU-3 2010
Class 43-000
South African Class 43-000
In January 2011 Transnet Rail Engineering took delivery of the first two of one hundred Class 43-000 type GE C30ACi diesel-electric locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail. A further eight were shipped from the United States of America in April 2011...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

C30Aci 2011
Class 91-000  Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

General Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

UM6B 1973
Class DS 
Class DS1 


Diesel-hydraulic locomotives


  • Class 61-000
    South African Class 61-000
    Between May and July 1959, in order to also gain experience with other forms of diesel motive power, the South African Railways placed seven Class 1-DH diesel-hydraulic locomotives in service. These were later reclassified to Class 61-000...

     - Bo-Bo
    Bo-Bo
    A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

     - Henschel - Later RR Class DH1

Electro-diesel locomotives


  • Class 38-000
    South African Class 38-000
    Between 1992 and 1994 Spoornet placed fifty Class 38-000 locomotives in service. They are still the only dual powered electro-diesel locomotives in use by Transnet Freight Rail, capable of running either on 3 kV electricity off the catenary or on diesel alone....

     - Bo-Bo
    Bo-Bo
    A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

     - Consortium, led by Siemens
    Siemens
    Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

     - 3 kV DC electro-diesel

Electric locomotives

Class
Wheel
arr
Wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed beneath a locomotive.. Several notations exist to describe the wheel assemblies of a locomotive by type, position, and connections, with the adopted notations varying by country...

Builder
Voltage
Year first
run
Image
Class 1E & 1ES
South African Class 1E
Between 1925 and 1945 the South African Railways placed altogether one hundred and seventy-two Class 1E electric locomotives in service, spread over seven orders.-Manufacturers:...

 
Bo+Bo
Bo+Bo
A Bo+Bo is a locomotive with two four-wheeled bogies with articulated connection between them and with all axles powered by individual traction motors.Typical Bo+Bo locomotives include the South African Class 1E and South African Class 2E....

 
Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works were a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
Werkspoor 
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.-History:The company was formed in September 1937 when Robert Stephenson and Company, which was based in Darlington took over the locomotive building department of Hawthorn Leslie and Company, based in...

3kV DC 1925
Class 2E
South African Class 2E
In 1937 the South African Railways placed three German built Class 2E 3 kV DC electric locomotives with a Bo+Bo wheel arrangement in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo+Bo
Bo+Bo
A Bo+Bo is a locomotive with two four-wheeled bogies with articulated connection between them and with all axles powered by individual traction motors.Typical Bo+Bo locomotives include the South African Class 1E and South African Class 2E....

 
Henschel 
Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

3kV DC 1937
Class 3E
South African Class 3E
In 1947 and 1948 the South African Railways placed twenty-eight Class 3E electric locomotives with a Co+Co wheel arrangement in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co+Co
Co+Co
Co+Co is a code for a locomotive wheel arrangement with two six-wheeled bogies with an articulated connection between them and with all axles powered, with a separate motor per axle. Co-Co is the code for a similar wheel arrangement but without the articulated connection between the bogies....

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
3kV DC 1947
Class 4E
South African Class 4E
Between 1952 and 1954 the South African Railways placed forty Class 4E electric locomotives with a 1Co+Co1 wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
1Co+Co1  General Electric Company 
North British
North British Locomotive Company
The North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...

 
3kV DC 1952
Class 5E, Series 1
South African Class 5E, Series 1
In 1955 and 1956 the South African Railways placed sixty Class 5E, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturers:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
English Electric
English Electric
English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...

 
3kV DC 1955
Class 5E, Series 2
South African Class 5E, Series 2
In 1957 and 1958 the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 5E, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
English Electric
English Electric
English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...

 
Vulcan
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

 
3kV DC 1957
Class 5E, Series 3
South African Class 5E, Series 3
In 1958 and 1959 the South African Railways placed fifty-five Class 5E, Series 3 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
English Electric
English Electric
English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...

 
Vulcan
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

 
3kV DC 1958
Class 5E1, Series 1
South African Class 5E1, Series 1
Between 1959 and 1961 the South African Railways placed one hundred and thirty-five Class 5E1, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
3kV DC 1959
Class 5E1, Series 2
South African Class 5E1, Series 2
In 1963 and 1964 the South African Railways placed one hundred and thirty Class 5E1, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1963
Class 5E1, Series 3
South African Class 5E1, Series 3
In 1964 and 1965 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 5E1, Series 3 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1964
Class 5E1, Series 4
South African Class 5E1, Series 4
In 1965 and 1966 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 5E1, Series 4 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1965
Class 5E1, Series 5
South African Class 5E1, Series 5
Between 1966 and 1969 the South African Railways placed two hundred and twenty-five Class 5E1, Series 5 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1966
Class 6E
South African Class 6E
In 1970 and 1971 the South African Railways placed eighty Class 6E main line electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service. Two more were built for the Sishen iron ore mine.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1970
Class 6E1, Series 1
South African Class 6E1, Series 1
In 1969 and 1970 the South African Railways placed twenty Class 6E1, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1969
Class 6E1, Series 2
South African Class 6E1, Series 2
In 1971 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 6E1, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1971
Class 6E1, Series 3
South African Class 6E1, Series 3
Between 1971 and 1973 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 6E1, Series 3 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1971
Class 6E1, Series 4
South African Class 6E1, Series 4
In 1973 and 1974 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 4 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1973
Class 6E1, Series 5
South African Class 6E1, Series 5
In 1974 and 1975 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 5 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1974
Class 6E1, Series 6
South African Class 6E1, Series 6
Between 1975 and 1977 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 6E1, Series 6 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1975
Class 6E1, Series 7
South African Class 6E1, Series 7
Between 1977 and 1979 the South African Railways placed one hundred and fifty Class 6E1, Series 7 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1977
Class 6E1, Series 8
South African Class 6E1, Series 8
Between 1979 and 1981 the South African Railways placed one hundred and five Class 6E1, Series 8 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1979
Class 6E1, Series 9
South African Class 6E1, Series 9
In 1981 and 1982 the South African Railways placed eighty-five Class 6E1, Series 9 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1981
Class 6E1, Series 10
South African Class 6E1, Series 10
Between 1982 and 1984 the South African Railways placed fifty-five Class 6E1, Series 10 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1982
Class 6E1, Series 11
South African Class 6E1, Series 11
In 1984 and 1985 the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 6E1, Series 11 electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1984
Class 7E
South African Class 7E
In 1978 and 1979 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 7E electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service...

 
Co-Co  50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
25kV AC, 50Hz 1978
Class 7E1
South African Class 7E1
Between 1980 and 1981 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 7E1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturers:...

 
Co-Co  Hitachi
Dorbyl
25kV AC, 50Hz 1980
Class 7E2, Series 1
South African Class 7E2, Series 1
In 1982 the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class 7E2, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co-Co  50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
25kV AC, 50Hz 1982
Class 7E2, Series 2
South African Class 7E2, Series 2
In 1983 the South African Railways placed forty Class 7E2, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co-Co  50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
25kV AC, 50Hz 1983
Class 7E3, Series 1
South African Class 7E3, Series 1
Between 1983 and 1984 the South African Railways placed sixty Class 7E3, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service...

 
Co-Co  Hitachi
Dorbyl
25kV AC, 50Hz 1983
Class 7E3, Series 2  Co-Co  Hitachi
Dorbyl
25kV AC, 50Hz 1984
Class 7E4
South African Class 7E4
In 1983 and 1984 the South African Railways placed sixty Class 7E3, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service. These were followed by another twenty-five Class 7E3, Series 2 locomotives in 1984 and 1985...

 
Co-Co  Hitachi
Dorbyl
25kV AC, 50Hz 2000
Class 8E
South African Class 8E
Between 1983 and 1985 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class 8E centre-cab electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in shunting service...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
BBC-Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1983
Class 9E, Series 1
South African Class 9E, Series 1
In 1978 and 1979 the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class 9E, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co-Co  General Electric Company 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
50kV AC, 50Hz 1978
Class 9E, Series 2
South African Class 9E, Series 2
In 1982 and 1983 the South African Railways expanded its existing Class 9E fleet by placing six new Class 9E, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co-Co  General Electric Company 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
50kV AC, 50Hz 1982
Class 10E
South African Class 10E
In 1985 and 1986 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 10E electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturers:...

 
Co-Co  Toshiba
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1985
Class 10E1, Series 1
South African Class 10E1, Series 1
Between 1987 and 1989 the South African Railways placed fifty Class 10E1, Series 1 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co-Co  General Electric Company 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1987
Class 10E1, Series 2
South African Class 10E1, Series 2
Between 1990 and 1992 Spoornet placed fifty Class 10E1, Series 2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.- Manufacturer :...

 
Co-Co  General Electric Company 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1990
Class 10E2
South African Class 10E2
In 1989 and 1990 the South African Railways placed twenty-five Class 10E2 electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Co-Co  Toshiba
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1989
Class 11E
South African Class 11E
Between 1985 and 1987 the South African Railways placed forty-five Class 11E electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in main line service on the Coalink line.-Manufacturers:...

 
Co-Co  General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...

 
General Motors South Africa
General Motors South Africa
General Motors South Africa, or GMSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of American automobile manufacturer General Motors. It manufacturers and distributes automobiles under the Chevrolet, Opel and Isuzu brands...

 
Delta
25kV AC, 50Hz 1985
Class 12E
South African Class 12E
On 11 January 1984 the South African Railways inaugurated the MetroBlitz. Five Class 12E electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement that were placed in service in 1983, were dedicated to the MetroBlitz service.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1983
Class 14E  Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
50 C/S Group
Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works were a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland...

 
3kV DC/25kV AC 1991
Class 14E1  Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
50 C/S Group
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC/25kV AC 1994
Class 15E
South African Class 15E
In 2010 Transnet Freight Rail placed the first of seventy-six Class 15E 50 kV AC heavy electric freight locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service on the Sishen-Saldanha iron ore line.-Manufacturers:...

 
Co-Co  Mitsui
Mitsui
is one of the largest corporate conglomerates in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.-History:Founded by Mitsui Takatoshi , who was the fourth son of a shopkeeper in Matsusaka, in what is now today's Mie prefecture...


Toshiba
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
50kV AC 50Hz 2010
Class 16E
South African Class 16E
During 1990 and 1991 Spoornet semi permanently coupled several pairs of otherwise unmodified Series 3 to Series 9 Class 6E1 electric locomotives, reclassified them to Class 16E and allocated a single shared running number to each pair, with the individual locomotives in the pairs inscribed "A" or...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
Spoornet
Spoornet
Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of 'South African Railways and Harbours', a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely...

 
3kV DC 1990
Class 17E
South African Class 17E
During 1993 and 1994 Spoornet modified several Class 6E1, Series 7, Series 8 and Series 9 locomotives to improve their braking and traction reliability for service on the Natal main line...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
Spoornet
Spoornet
Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of 'South African Railways and Harbours', a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely...

 
3kV DC 1993
Class 18E, Series 1
South African Class 18E, Series 1
Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild Class 6E1, Series 6 to Series 11 locomotives to Class 18E, Series 1 locomotives. Most of the Class 6E1s that had previously been reclassified or modified to Class 16E or Class 17E were rebuilt to Class 18E as well.-Manufacturer:The South...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
Transwerk
Transwerk
Transwerk, since renamed to Transnet Rail Engineering, is a subsidiary of Transnet whose business it is to keep South Africa's trains rolling. According to the Operational Report at Transnet, Transwerk's responsibility includes "the maintenance, upgrade and manufacture of locomotives, wagons,...


Transnet Rail Engineering
Transnet
Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, headquartered in the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. It was formed as a limited company on April 1, 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Department of Public Enterprises, or DPE, of the South African...

 
3kV DC 2000
Class 18E, Series 2
South African Class 18E, Series 2
Beginning in 2000 Spoornet embarked on a program to rebuild Class 6E1, Series 6 to Series 11 locomotives to Class 18E, Series 1 locomotives. Most of the Class 6E1s that had previously been reclassified or modified to Class 16E or Class 17E were rebuilt to Class 18E as well.The rebuilding of Class...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
Transnet Rail Engineering
Transnet
Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, headquartered in the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. It was formed as a limited company on April 1, 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Department of Public Enterprises, or DPE, of the South African...

 
3kV DC 2010
Class 19E
South African Class 19E
In 2009 Transnet Freight Rail placed the first of one hundred and ten new Class 19E single cab dual voltage 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC electric locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement in service on the Coalink line from Ermelo to Richards Bay.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC/25kV AC 2009
Class E38
South African Class E38
In 1993 Amcoal, now Anglo Coal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American, placed three Class E38 electric locomotives in service at its Kromdraai Colliery near Witbank, Mpumalanga.-Manufacturer:...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
3kV DC 1993
Class ES
South African Class ES
In 1936 the South African Railways built two Class ES centre cab electric shunting locomotives with a Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, based on the Class 1E main line electric locomotive. Between then and 1964, a total of twenty-four Class ES locomotives were eventually placed in service...

 
Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works
Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works were a railway equipment manufacturer based in Winterthur in Switzerland...

 
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...

 
Werkspoor 
South African Railways 
3kV DC 1936
Class Exp AC  Bo-Bo
Bo-Bo
A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

 
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon
Union Carriage & Wagon is a rolling stock manufacturer located in South Africa.In 1964 UCW delivered their first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2...

 
Transwerk
25kV AC, 50Hz 1978


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