Class GCA 2-6-2+2-6-2 HISTORY Class GCA 2-6-2+2-6-2 The GCA was designed as an improvement on his experimental GC by Colonel Collins. The 33 locomotives of this class were delivered in 1927 by Fried Krupp of Germany. The locomotive had a coal capacity of 7 tons and 2000 gallons of water. They were designed for service Read more about Class GCA 2-6-2+2-6-2[…]

Class 6J 4-6-0 HISTORY Class 6J 4-6-0 The 6J can trace its lineage back to the original 6th Class designed by Locomotive Superintendent, M. Stephenson for fast passenger service on the Cape Government Railways. These locos were built by both American and British builders between 1893 and 1904. The 6J was a bar framed locomotive built by Read more about Class 6J 4-6-0[…]

Class GMAM Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4 HISTORY Class GMAM Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4. Between 1954 and 1956, Beyer Peacock, North British Locomotive and Henschel delivered 150 of this class to the South African Railways. The class consisted of the GMAM, for operation on mainlines as denoted by the M at the end. By moving baffles in the coal tender Read more about Class GMAM Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4[…]

Class 19D 4-8-2 with type MR tender   PROTOTYPE HISTORY Class 19D 4-8-2 with type MR tender The 19D can trace its ancestry all the way back to four 19 Class locos designed by Col. F.R. Collins that were delivered by Berliner Machinenbau in 1928. In 1939 W.A.J. Day decide to upgrade the preceding 19C Read more about Class 19D 4-8-2 with type MR Tender[…]

Class 19D 4-8-2 with Vanderbilt tender   PROTOTYPE HISTORY Class 19D 4-8-2 with Vanderbilt tender. The final order of fifty of the class were delivered in 1949 by North British Locomotive to the design of then Chief Mechanical Engineer, Dr M.M. Loubser. Although the locomotive was the same as the previous version, they differed by Read more about Class 19D 4-8-2 with Vanderbilt Tender[…]