South African Class 8Z 2-8-0
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The South African Railways Class 8Z 2-8-0 of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
CGR 8th Class no. 825, SAR Class 8Z no. 904
H.M. Beatty
Class 8Z as depicted on a SAR museum playing card
The South African type XE1 tender was a steam locomotive tender from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
South African Class 8Z 2-8-0
…dimensions. They also used saturated steam and cylinders with overhead slide valves, actuated by inside Stephenson valve gear. Of the three models of Type XE1 tender which were in use at the time, these locomotives were equipped with the version which had the 10 long tons (10.2 tonnes) coal capacity. When the…
Type XE1 number plate
Type XE1 with slatted top on SAR Class 8, c. 1930
Type XE1 with sheet-metal top on SAR Class 6, 2009