Central South African Railways 4-8-0 Locomotives in South_Africa

Class 13 (Locobase 10541)

Data from "Central South African Railway", Vol XI (15 December 1905), p. 210 and from D F Holland pp. 134-135.

When the CSAR took over the Natal Government Railway's rolling stock, the new railroad studied the Reid "Ten-wheeler" 4-10-2Ts originally produced for the Imperial Military Railways and remedied a meager water and coal supply with some major surgery. The trailing truck and the rearmost driven axle were removed and the 6-wheel tender from some retiring 4th class locomotives added. So although the engine still had 2,256 US gallons in the side tanks that flanked the boiler, it trailed an additional 2,928 US gallons.

Class 7th class - reboilered (Locobase 10540)

Data from "Central South African Railway", Locomotive Magazine, Vol XI (15 December 1905), p. 210. See also [], last accessed 7 February 2016.

The photograph shows 381, which came from the class that would be designated Class 7B in the South African Railway system. This particular engine was updated by the SAR by installing a larger round-top boiler. According to Wikipedia's entry on the SAR's Class 7 engines, the increased capacity gave it the power of an 8th class locomotive, but "the cost of modifying the frame and problems with overloaded bearings led to a decision not to convert any of the others."