South African Class 8C 4-8-0
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The South African Railways Class 8C 4-8-0 of 1903 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal Colony.
CSAR Class 8-L3 483, SAR Class 8C 1174, c. 1910
H.M. Beatty
Class 8C and rebuilt Type XF tender no. 1175
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 8C 4-8-0
…post-war increase in traffic, led to an order for altogether sixty new steam locomotives. They were built in two versions to the specifications of the 8th Class 4-8-0 Mastodon type which had been designed by H.M. Beatty, the Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) from 1896 to 1910…
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