In 1930 the South African Railways placed fourteen Class 19B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain wheel arrangement in service. They were built by Berliner Maschinenbau AG, the former L. Schwartzkopff, and numbered in the range from 1401 to 1414. One of them, no. 1410, was later reboilered with a Watson Standard no. 1A boiler and reclassified to Class 19BR.
No. 1412 "Bailey" is back in service with the Ceres Rail Company.
See also the Wikipedia article on the South African Class 19B 4-8-2. |