Africa Railways - South African Railways (SAR) Class B 0-6-4T steam locomotives (Maschinenfabrik Esslingen & Werkspoor, 1893-99) (hand-tinted glass slide)
A hand-tinted glass slide showing an interesting combination of two NZASM (South Africa) class B steam locomotives flanking a pair of freight cars and finally, a double-roofed church van ("Chaplain's Coach").
The South African Railways Class B 0-6-4T of 1893 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal. Between 1893 and 1898, 175 46 Tonner 0-6-4 tank steam locomotives were placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
In 1899, twenty more were ordered, of which only two were delivered by the time the Imperial Military Railways took over all railway operations in the two Boer Republics during the Second Boer War. The other eighteen locomotives in this order were intercepted by the Imperial Military Railways, who diverted two of them to Lourenço Marques.
For more information about this locomotive, please visit this Wikipedia link:
Africa Railways - South African Railways (SAR) Class B 0-6-4T steam locomotives (Maschinenfabrik Esslingen & Werkspoor, 1893-99) (hand-tinted glass slide)
A hand-tinted glass slide showing an interesting combination of two NZASM (South Africa) class B steam locomotives flanking a pair of freight cars and finally, a double-roofed church van ("Chaplain's Coach").
The South African Railways Class B 0-6-4T of 1893 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in Transvaal. Between 1893 and 1898, 175 46 Tonner 0-6-4 tank steam locomotives were placed in service by the Nederlandsche-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NZASM) in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek.
In 1899, twenty more were ordered, of which only two were delivered by the time the Imperial Military Railways took over all railway operations in the two Boer Republics during the Second Boer War. The other eighteen locomotives in this order were intercepted by the Imperial Military Railways, who diverted two of them to Lourenço Marques.
For more information about this locomotive, please visit this Wikipedia link: