South African Class 8A 4-8-0
The South African Railways Class 8A 4-8-0 of 1902 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal.
CSAR Class 8-L1 no. 415, SAR Class 8A no. 1106, Breyten, Transvaal, 4 April 1981
H.M. Beatty
Neilson, Reid-built IMR 8th Class & CSAR Class 8-L1 no. 413, SAR Class 8A no. 1104, c. 1910
Sharp, Stewart-built no. 1129, CSAR no. 438 Joseph Chamberlain, alongside a NZASM 14 Tonner, c. 1902
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading truck or bogie, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels. In North America and in some other countries the type was usually known as the Twelve-wheeler.
The Centipede as built (bottom) and as modified by the B&O Railroad (top)
South Australian Railways T class
QGR C17 class
PLM 4-8-0, without its tender