South African Class 8B 4-8-0

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The South African Railways Class 8B 4-8-0 of 1903 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal Colony.

CSAR Class 8-L2, SAR Class 8B, at the Waterval Boven tunnel, c. 1912

H.M. Beatty

CSAR no. 441 works picture, with Drummond tubes, SAR no. 1132, c. 1903

CSAR no. 450 with Drummond tubes, SAR no. 1141, c. 1910

4-8-0

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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