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South African Class 14 4-8-2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1913· locomotive class
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 14 no. 1707: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. SAR Class 14R 1701 Millsite 230479: User:Malcolm Best· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. SAR Class 14R 1730 Volksrust 120479: User:Malcolm Best· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. SAR Class 14R 1745 Millsite 160481: User:Malcolm Best· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. SAR Class 14R 1701 Millsite 230479 cropped: original image: User:Malcolm Best cropping: User:Pechristener· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 082. 1979-08. De Aar Depot. Class 14R 1911 with MY Vanderbilt tender (5372578736): Michel Huhardeaux from Brussels, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The South African Railways Class 14 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive. Between 1913 and 1915, the South African Railways placed 45 Class 14 steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service in Natal.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Served for 69 years (1913–1982).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1915
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- designer
- South African Railways, (D.A. Hendrie)
- operators
- South African Railways
- 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 Q1415368, Wikipedia: South African Class 14 4-8-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.