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South African Class 15B 4-8-2
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1918· class of 30 South African 4-8-2 locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR Class 15B 1838 (4-8-2): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Class 15BR no. 1982: John Carter· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Class 15BR 1972 (4-8-2): Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 15BR 1989 (4-8-2): Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Class 15B 1836 (4-8-2): Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Class 15BR 1832 (4-8-2): Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 15B 4-8-2 of 1918 was a steam locomotive. Between 1918 and 1922, the South African Railways placed thirty Class 15B steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service.
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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Served for 58 years (1918–1976).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1922
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- designer
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Mozambique Ports and Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2 (Mountain)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565467, Wikipedia: South African Class 15B 4-8-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.