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South African Class 15C 4-8-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1925· class of 12 South African 4-8-2 locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 15C 4-8-2: Linton Brothers, photographer (c. 1920-c. 1930)· Public domain
- 2. Class 15CB no. 2064 ID: Leith Paxton· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 15CB 2064 (SAR 15CB) Durban Navigation Dannhauser 110479: User:Malcolm Best· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 15CB No.4 (Ex SAR 2071) Rustenburg Platinum Mines 310383: User:Malcolm Best· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 15C 4-8-2 of 1925 was a steam locomotive. In 1925, the South African Railways placed two American-built Class 15C steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service. Another ten locomotives were ordered and delivered a year later.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 51 years (1925–1976).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925–1926
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- designer
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2 (Mountain)
- nicknames
- Big Bill
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565469, Wikipedia: South African Class 15C 4-8-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.