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South African Class 1 4-8-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1904· class of 50 South African 4-8-0 locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class1-1252: Steamhunter· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Class 1 1279 (4-8-0): Col André Kritzinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 1 1247 Masons Mill 290379: User:Malcolm Best· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Class 1 1245 (4-8-0) NGR 275 Playing Cards: SAR Museum· Public domain
- 5. Type SH tender of Class 1: Leith Paxton· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 1 4-8-0 of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. In 1904, the Natal Government Railways placed fifty Class B 4-8-0 Mastodon type steam locomotives in service. Six of them were modified to a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in 1906.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Served for 71 years (1904–1975).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1975
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Natal Government Railways, (D.A. Hendrie)
- operators
- Natal Government Railways, South African Railways and Harbours Administration
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0 (Mastodon)
- nicknames
- Hendrie B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7565496, Wikipedia: South African Class 1 4-8-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.