South African Class 15 4-8-2
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The South African Railways Class 15 4-8-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive.
No. 1566, reboilered and reclassified to Class 15AR, Port Elizabeth, 3 April 1978
D.A. Hendrie
Class 15AR No. 1568 with a modified Type MP1 tender, Midlandia, 1979
No. 1561 as built, with an as-delivered Type MP1 tender and Belpaire firebox, c. 1914
South African Class 12 4-8-2
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The South African Railways Class 12 4-8-2 of 1912 was a steam locomotive.
South African Class 15 4-8-2
…the Orange Free State, where gradients and curvature were less severe than on the coastal sections. The locomotive was similar in general layout to the Classes 12 and 14, but with larger 57 inches (1,448 millimetres) coupled wheels. Ten locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) and…
1505 crossing the Great Fish River near Nelland, between Cradock and Cookhouse, 22 April 1981
1494, as built, with a Type MP1 tender and running boards dipping down below the cab
1509 with a Type MT tender, Germiston, 7 April 1979
1499 with a modified Type MP1 tender, Sydenham, 16 April 1979