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SAR Class GMAM 4074 (4-8-2+2-8-4) |
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Between 1954 and 1958 the South African Railways placed one hundred and twenty Class GMA branch line and Class GMAM mainline Garratt articulated steam locomotives with a 4-8-2+2-8-4 wheel arrangement in service. This was the most numerous Garratt class in the world and was built in four batches by Henschel and Son, Beyer, Peacock and Company and North British Locomotive Company. Numbered in the range from 4051 to 4170, the light rail branch line Class GMA and mainline Class GMAM Garratt locomotives were identical and their water and coal capacities were adjusted to suit the rail capacity by installing or removing plates in the coal and water spaces. The locomotive carried water in its front tank only and the water supply was augmented by semi-permanently coupling a purpose-built Type X-20 auxiliary tank wagon to the locomotive.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class GMA 4-8-2+2-8-4. |
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4/16/2010 Upload Date: 4/16/2010 3:20:47 PM |
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Masons Mill, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
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Steam |
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SAS 4074(UNKNOWN) |
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SAR Class S2 3778 (0-8-0) |
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In 1952 and 1953 the South African Railways placed one hundred Class S2 shunter steam locomotives with a 0-8-0 wheel arrangement in service, numbered in the range from 3701 to 3800. Friedrich Krupp AG undertook to build the locomotives to the required specifications, but it was discovered that they could not be built within the specified weight limit if the specified Watson Standard no. 1 boiler, the smallest of the standard boilers, were to be used. Krupp therefore designed a suitable smaller boiler to bring the locomotive’s weight down to the stipulated maximum and the end result was a locomotive that had the appearance of a Cape gauge locomotive with a Narrow gauge boiler, particularly when viewed from the front. It had a Vanderbilt type torpedo tender that rode on Buckeye three axle bogies to reduce the axle load.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class S2 0-8-0. |
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4/16/2010 Upload Date: 4/16/2010 3:23:54 PM |
| Location: |
Masons Mill, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
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Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 3778(0-8-0) |
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SAR Class 15F 3149 (4-8-2) |
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The Class 15F was the most numerous steam locomotive class in South African Railways service. Between 1938 and 1946 two hundred and fifty-five of these steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement were placed in service, built in four batches by four manufacturers (Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel and Son, North British Locomotive Company and Beyer, Peacock and Company). They were numbered in the range from 2902 to 3156. The pre-war Class 15Fs were hand fired, but the British built locomotives were all converted to mechanical stoking by the late 1940s. The post-war locomotives were all delivered with mechanical stokers.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 15F 4-8-2. |
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7/16/2010 Upload Date: 7/17/2010 6:49:38 PM |
| Location: |
Masons Mill, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 3149(4-8-2) |
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SAR Class A 196 (4-8-2T) |
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In 1888 the Natal Government Railways placed the first five of its eventual one hundred Dübs A Class 4-8-2T tank steam locomotives in service. The last of the one hundred, built in ten batches, was delivered by Dübs and Company in 1899. As far as is known, the Dübs A locomotives were the first in the world to have a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement, later to become known as the Mountain type. In 1912, when these locomotives were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered in the range from 97 to 196 and reclassified to Class A. In 1915 another two Class A locomotives were built from spare parts by the South African Railways and numbered 332 and 333.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class A 4-8-2T. |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2010 Upload Date: 2/1/2011 3:33:18 PM |
| Location: |
Masons Mill, ZN |
| Author: |
Charles Baker |
| Categories: |
Steam |
| Locomotives: |
SAS 196(4-8-2) |
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