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
South African Class 8 4-8-0
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The South African Railways Class 8 4-8-0 of 1902 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
South African Class 8B 4-8-0
…traffic, led to an order for thirty Cape 8th Class 4-8-0 steam locomotives from Neilson, Reid and Company. They were built to the specifications of the 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type designed by H.M. Beatty, the Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) from 1896 to 1910, and were the…
CGR (Eastern System) 8th Class no. 779 SAR Class 8 no. 1088, East London, c. 1930
Ex CGR Eastern System no. 778, SAR no. 1087, as built without superheating, c. 1930
Superheated Class 8 with outside admission piston valves at Braamfontein, c. 1930