South African Class 26 4-8-4
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The South African Railways Class 26 4-8-4 of 1981, popularly known as the Red Devil, is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive which was rebuilt from a Class 25NC locomotive by mechanical engineer David Wardale fro
The Red Devil at Pretoria, 25 April 1981
The Red Devil's Type EW1 tender with raised coal bunker sides
Class 25NC no. 3454's Dual Lempor chimneys and extended smoke deflectors
Dual Lempor no. 3454, B.I. Ebing
The 5AT Advanced Technology steam locomotive was a conceptual design conceived by the British engineer David Wardale, and first described in his 1998 definitive work on modern steam, The Red Devil and
South African Class 26 4-8-4
…26 4-8-4 of 1981, popularly known as the Red Devil, is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive which was rebuilt from a Class 25NC locomotive by mechanical engineer David Wardale from England while in the employ of the South African Railways. The rebuilding took place at the Salt River Works in Cape Town and was based on the…
The 5AT locomotive illustrated in its final form.