We have noticed a growing trend whereby ever more people contact us to
provide additional technical information etc. for many of the items that are
featured on our web site. We have a large archive which we are just beginning to scratch the surface of. For people who really know what they
are looking at we thought we would provide an opportunity for you to test
your knowledge and for you to contribute. We know what the attached
locomotive is - do you? Let us know by submitting the form at
the bottom of the page...
We will publish a new photograph every few months or so, providing
good clear images of specific locomotives. We invite visitors to our site to
comment. After a while, we will release the results of this photographic
quiz. Previous photos are listed underneath the latest photo
shown below.
If
you think you know what the picture is let us know....
PREVIOUS
PHOTO;
theknotts
answer: NRZ 15A 352
albangg16
answer: Think it s the Rhodesia Railways Royal
Train in 1947,loco is a 15th class,wonderful photo. There is a photo
of this train in Durrants Garratt Locomotives of the World. Keep up
the good work. Alan barnes.
locolewis
answer: A correction to the credit for the
night photo of the last s'bound run of the original Blue Train. It
was photographed by Charlie Lewis!
1MATTJAM
answer: The Rhodesian part of the royal tour
that went up there, with I think is a 16.
k.winter
answer: It looks like the Royal standard on
the front of the engine - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth's
(and Princesses Elizabeth's & Margaret's Royal visit to South
Africa in 1947. My parents used to have a silent 8mm film of the
visit - not sure whether we still have it! Kim Winter
And
the [best] answer is...
batters
answer: One of the four original Beyer
Garratts, 273, delivered to Rhodesia Railways in 1940 as the Class
15 - the first four of an eventual fleet of 74! The occasion here is
the 1947 Royal Tour to Southern Africa with locos 271-4 turned out
in a very dark blue scheme to haul the RT during the Rhodesian leg
of this prestigious visit by British Royalty. The first four 15th
Class were easily distinguishable by their rounded water tanks
opposed to the sharp edges of subsequent deliveries; although not
visible in this particular shot, the initial four had cut-away
bunkers. The Garratts were renumbered 350-3 and by the end of their
working lives the only Garratt still in its entirely original form
was 350 which has been statically preserved at Kadoma in Zimbabwe's
Midlands. In preservation it has returned to being 271. See the late
Dusty Durrant's 1997 picture book "The Smoke That
Thunders" for photographic coverage of the changed appearance
of these four Garratts in their years of RR service.
AND
THE PREVIOUS PHOTO....
undertakersa
answer: It
could be a Poppet-valved 15E
jbelstead
answer: The
last southbound steam-powered Blue Train, with Class 25 No. 3443 in
charge, waters at Orange River in September 1972
chapelbond
answer: 25NC
taking water at Orange River with the old Blue Train
albangg16
answer: This
is the last southbound Blue Train at Orange River in September
1972.Sorry to cheat but this photo is in The Great Steam Trek.A very
nice photo.
momsmith
answer: The
last Northbound "Old Blue Train" being hauled by a 25NC
steam locomotive.
1MATTJAM
answer: Class
25nc-Kimberly with the old Blue Train Set.
batters from
crossroadsschool
answer: 25NC
on the front of the Blue Train set that became "The Drakensberg"
with the building by UCW of new trainsets in 1972.
albangg16
answer: It s
the last steam hauled southbound Blue Train at Orange River in
September 1972,this photo is in the book The Great Steam Trek so I
ve rather cheated;sorry!. best Wishes Alan Barnes
gk49
answer:
class23 heading the Blue Train taking water in (BLOEMFONTEIN ?)
garyb
answer: Old
blue train final one steam pulled at Orange River , South Bound
worked by 25NC 3414 Carol in 1972
fjoubert
answer: 25nc
aidan
answer: Last
south bound steam powered blue train with 25NC 3443 taking water at
Orange River September 1972 Photograph by A Jorgenson
And
the answer is...
Last
south bound steam powered blue train with 25NC 3443 taking water at
Orange River September 1972 Photograph by A Jorgenson.
AND
THE PREVIOUS PHOTO....
batters
10th Class double-header entering Mafeking -
British Royal Tour 1947
aidan
Pair of Rhodesia Railways 10th classes hauling
the royal train in 1947 at Mafeking station
patchet
Engines are RR 10th Class 243 and ??? at
Mafeking. Train is that provided by SAR for the visit of
Prince George to the Rhodesias. White Train went through to
Bulawayo after which mainly RR stock was used. I think the
date is March 25, 1934.
1MATTJAM
The royal train returning from a Rhodesian
part of the tour, Mafikeng. Not sure what class of loco it is?
nigelsowler
Royal Train at Mafeking 1947. Lead
engine is a Rhodesian Railways 12th class by the look of the number
one of the third batch built by North British in 1928
cvieira3
Two RR CLASS 12 hauling the royal train .front
engine is number 243
And
the correct answer is.....
Rhodesian
Railways 10th class locomotives nos: 243 & 102 at Mafeking
on the Royal Train 16h30 Thursday 17th April 1947 bound
for Bulawayo.
AND
THE PREVIOUS PHOTO....

What
people thought;
henkdebruin
answer: Class 10C
dswerbeloff
answer: Class 10C
momsmith
answer: A Class 10C photographed at Cape Town
rmglay
answer: Class 10
pmicenko
answer: Class 10B probably on the East Rand as the track is electrified and the electric suburban train in the background is in old Imperial Brown livery
The hedge in the foreground and the 3000 gallon water tank would seem to indicate Springs Station. My understanding is that a few of the 10 B's were allocated to Springs shed.
Has anyone noticed the light stand behind the engines dome. Very ornate. I seem to recall some of these around Welgedag station.
1MATTJAM
answer: 10CR (bell couplers) somewhere in the Transvaal.
dylan.knott
answer: Class 5B or 5R.
fjoubert
answer: Class 10.
And
the correct answer is.....
patchet
answer: Engine 738, SAR Class 10, CSAR Class 10, No 660 at Germiston Station. (I cheated, it's the same picture as Holland, v1, p130.)
AND
THE PREVIOUS PHOTO....

What
people thought;
Class 19C
Fjoubert
domeless Class
19D
Dswerbeloff A
domeless 19D with short tender
Momsmith
Domeless
19D
Aidan
I would hazard a
guess at one of Capital Park's 19D locos heading back towards
Pretoria, just near the Hatebeespoort Dam bridge at Meerhof,
hauling a sand train from De Moot.
Dennis Moore
Domeless 19D
with short tender.
Dylan Knott
It
is a domeless 19D and looks very much like the northern exit from
Mara poorte through the Soutpansberg
pmicenko
And
the correct answer is.....
Class
19D with domeless boiler
AND
THE PREVIOUS PHOTO....
What
people thought;
Class
4AR Zeerust line
momsmith
Class
4AR- the rotary reversing rod and the absence of front steps to
facilitate access to the piston valves. Location is difficult as the
prickly vegetation in the foreground puts it in a drier area
of the country. Since the 4A's were a small class in numbers and
seemed to be all at Millsite shed, area is probably around Zeerust.
pmicenko 14BR
chapelbond Class
4AR
aidan Class
4AR
dswerbeloff Is
it a 15CA class?
nic It
s a 4AR with a proper chimney
albangg A
15AR in the North West Province
MATTJAM
Class
19C
fjoubert
I know the
class 4AR but unfortunately never got a chance to see one in steam,
yet! Origionally the class 4A until reboilered with a standard no. 2
boiler. There are only two left in SA that I know of, no. 1555
at Millsite and no. 1560 at Queenstown but I am not certain at this
stage if they are
earmarked for cutting. A few of our drivers during the good old days
were firemen on these locomotives and they tell me they were
burners, meaning in the cab and on the hands when firing them.
Another noticable thing on these locomotives was the fact that they
were not fitted with steam reversers like all our other locomotives
after the late 1920's. They were mostly used
during their days on the Krugersdorp - Zeerust Line.
Shaun
And
the correct answer is..... 4AR,
No. 1560, taken at Cowans Post on 10th March 1968 with
Mafeking-Zeerust Pick-Up train.
Photograph credit to Dusty Durrant.
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