South African Class 19D 4-8-2

Class of 268 South African 4-8-2 locomotives

28+12 in (724 mm)Coupled dia.54 in (1,372 mm)Trailing dia.34 in (864 mm)Tender wheelsTPX 34 in (864 mm)Wheelbase♠ʘP 58 ft 8+34 in (17,901 mm)
ʘX 76 ft 7+78 in (23,365 mm) ​ • Axle spacing
(Asymmetrical)1-2: 4 ft 10 in (1,473 mm)
2-3: 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm)
3-4: 4 ft 10 in (1,473 mm) • Engine32 ft 3 in (9,830 mm) • Leading6 ft 4 in (1,930 mm) • Coupled14 ft 5 in (4,394 mm) • TenderT 20 ft 5 in (6,223 mm)
P 16 ft 9 in (5,105 mm)
X 34 ft 9 in (10,592 mm) • Tender bogieT 6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm)
P 4 ft 7 in (1,397 mm)
X 8 ft 8 in (2,642 mm)Length:
​ • Over couplers♠ʘP 67 ft 3+58 in (20,514 mm)
ʘX 86 ft 2+38 in (26,273 mm)Height12 ft 10+78 in (3,934 mm)Frame typeBarAxle load♠ 13 LT 4 cwt (13,410 kg)
15 LT 10 cwt (15,750 kg)
13 LT 5 cwt (13,460 kg)
13 LT 12 cwt (13,820 kg)
ʘ 14 LT 1 cwt (14,280 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 19 cwt (14,170 kg) ​ • Leading♠ 14 LT 7 cwt (14,580 kg)
13 LT 18 cwt (14,120 kg)
14 LT 7 cwt (14,580 kg)
14 LT 13 cwt (14,890 kg)
ʘ 14 LT 9 cwt (14,680 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 15 cwt (13,970 kg) • 1st coupled♠ 13 LT 2 cwt (13,310 kg)
13 LT 13 cwt (13,870 kg)
13 LT 3 cwt (13,360 kg)
13 LT 11 cwt (13,770 kg)
ʘ 14 LT 1 cwt (14,280 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 19 cwt (14,170 kg) • 2nd coupled♠ 13 LT 4 cwt (13,410 kg)
13 LT 13 cwt (13,870 kg)
13 LT 5 cwt (13,460 kg)
13 LT 12 cwt (13,820 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 17 cwt (14,070 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 15 cwt (13,970 kg) • 3rd coupled♠ 12 LT 19 cwt (13,160 kg)
13 LT 10 cwt (13,720 kg)
13 LT 1 cwt (13,260 kg)
13 LT 9 cwt (13,670 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 19 cwt (14,170 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 17 cwt (14,070 kg) • 4th coupled♠ 13 LT 3 cwt (13,360 kg)
15 LT 10 cwt (15,750 kg)
13 LT (13,210 kg)
13 LT 9 cwt (13,670 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 18 cwt (14,120 kg)
ʘ 13 LT 16 cwt (14,020 kg) • Trailing♠ 11 LT 17 cwt (12,040 kg)
12 LT 9 cwt (12,650 kg)
12 LT 1 cwt (12,240 kg)
12 LT 8 cwt (12,600 kg)
ʘ 11 LT 2 cwt (11,280 kg)
ʘ 11 LT 10 cwt (11,680 kg) • Tender bogieBogie 1:
T 32 LT 18 cwt (33,430 kg)
P 27 LT 10 cwt (27,940 kg)
X 37 LT 10 cwt (38,100 kg)
Bogie 2:
T 33 LT 2 cwt (33,630 kg)
P 23 LT 11 cwt (23,930 kg)
X 35 LT 17 cwt (36,430 kg) • Tender axleT 16 LT 11 cwt (16,820 kg)
P 13 LT 15 cwt (13,970 kg)
X 12 LT 10 cwt (12,700 kg)Adhesive weight♠ 52 LT 8 cwt (53,240 kg)
56 LT 6 cwt (57,200 kg)
52 LT 9 cwt (53,290 kg)
54 LT 1 cwt (54,920 kg)
ʘ 55 LT 15 cwt (56,640 kg)
ʘ 55 LT 7 cwt (56,240 kg)Loco weight♠ 78 LT 12 cwt (79,860 kg)
80 LT 13 cwt (81,940 kg)
78 LT 17 cwt (80,120 kg)
81 LT 2 cwt (82,400 kg)
ʘ 81 LT 6 cwt (82,600 kg)
ʘ 79 LT 12 cwt (80,880 kg)Tender weightT 66 LT (67,060 kg)
P 51 LT 1 cwt (51,870 kg)
X 73 LT 7 cwt (74,530 kg)Total weight♠T 144 LT 12 cwt (146,900 kg)
P 129 LT 13 cwt (131,700 kg)
T 146 LT 13 cwt (149,000 kg)
P 131 LT 14 cwt (133,800 kg)
T 144 LT 17 cwt (147,200 kg)
P 129 LT 18 cwt (132,000 kg)
T 147 LT 2 cwt (149,500 kg)
P 132 LT 3 cwt (134,300 kg)
ʘT 147 LT 6 cwt (149,700 kg)
ʘP 132 LT 7 cwt (134,500 kg)
ʘX 152 LT 19 cwt (155,400 kg)Tender typeT MT (2-axle bogies)
P MP1 (2-axle bogies)
X MX (Buckeye 3-axle bogies)
MP, MP1, MR, MT, MX, MY, MY1 permittedFuel typeCoalFuel capacityT 12 LT (12.2 t)
P 10 LT (10.2 t)
X 12 LT (12.2 t)Water cap.T 6,000 imp gal (27,300 L)
P 4,250 imp gal (19,300 L)
X 6,500 imp gal (29,500 L)Firebox:​ • TypeRound-top • Grate area36 sq ft (3.3 m2)Boiler:
​ • ModelWatson Standard no. 1A • TypeDomeless (2506-2525) • Pitch8 ft (2,438 mm) • Diameter5 ft (1,524 mm) • Tube plates20 ft 2 in (6,147 mm) • Small tubes76: 2+12 in (64 mm) • Large tubes24: 5+12 in (140 mm)Boiler pressure200 psi (1,379 kPa)Safety valveRoss PopHeating surface:​ • Firebox123 sq ft (11.4 m2) • Tubes1,700 sq ft (160 m2) • Arch tubes16 sq ft (1.5 m2) • Total surface1,839 sq ft (170.8 m2)Superheater:
​ • Heating area♠ʘ 404 sq ft (37.5 m2)
ʘ 390 sq ft (36 m2)CylindersTwoCylinder size21 in (533 mm) bore
26 in (660 mm) strokeValve gearWalschaertsValve typePistonCouplersAAR knuckle
Performance figures
Tractive effort31,850 lbf (141.7 kN) @ 75%
Career
OperatorsSouth African Railways
Rhodesia Railways
Caminho de Ferro de Benguela
Nkana Copper Mines
Wankie Colliery
ClassSAR Class 19D
RR 19th, 19B, 19C class
CFB 11th Class
Number in class268
NumbersSAR 2506-2545, 2626-2770, 3321-3370
CFB 401-406
RR 316–336
Nkana 107-108 (RR 337–338)
WCC 1-4
NicknamesDolly
Delivered1937–1953
First run1937

The South African Railways Class 19D 4-8-2 of 1937 was a steam locomotive.

Between 1937 and 1949, the South African Railways placed 235 Class 19D steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service. Between 1951 and 1955, 33 more were built for other operators like the Rhodesia and Angolan railways and the Nkana and Wankie mines, which makes the Class 19D the most numerous South African steam locomotive type ever built.[1][2][3][4]

Manufacturers

Škoda-built no. 2636 with a domeless boiler and Type MR tender on a passenger train near Vryburg, Northern Cape, October 1971
FOTR's Krupp-built no. 2650 with domeless boiler and Type MX Torpedo tender, Cullinan, 26 September 2010
Saiccor's Borsig- built no. 2697 with domeless boiler and Type MP1 tender, Exchange Yard, Umkomaas, 2 July 2012
RSH-built no. 2749 with Type MX Torpedo tender, Voorbaai, Mosselbaai, Western Cape, 19 October 2009

The Class 19D 4-8-2 steam locomotive was the final development of the Class 19 family of locomotives. At the request of Colonel F.R. Collins, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1922 to 1929, the original basic design of the Class 19 was done in the late 1920s by Test Engineer M.M. Loubser, who was himself later to serve as the CME from 1939 to 1949.[3][5][6]

The final development of the Class was done in 1937 by W.A.J. Day, CME from 1936 to 1939. The Class 19D was a revised version of the Class 19C with piston valves and Walschaerts valve gear instead of rotary cam poppet valve gear.[2][3]

Between 1937 and 1955, 268 Class 19D locomotives were built in seven batches by six locomotive manufacturers in Czechoslovakia, Germany and the United Kingdom and delivered to the SAR and several other operators in Southern Africa.[2]

  • The first forty were built in Germany in 1937, twenty with domeless boilers by Friedrich Krupp in Essen and numbered in the range from 2506 to 2525, and twenty by the Borsig Lokomotiv Werke in Hennigsdorf, Berlin and numbered in the range from 2526 to 2545.[2][7]
  • In 1938, a further 95 locomotives were ordered, built by three manufacturers. Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia built fifteen numbered in the range from 2626 to 2640, Krupp built forty, this time with domed boilers and numbered in the range from 2641 to 2680, and Borsig built forty numbered in the range from 2681 to 2720.[2][7][8]
  • Locomotive building was interrupted by World War II and post-war locomotive procurement saw European suppliers being replaced by British ones. In 1947, the first fifty post-war Class 19D locomotives were delivered by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns (RSH) of Darlington, England and numbered in the range from 2721 to 2770. Of this order, engine no. 2734, RSH works no. 7247, was lost at sea off the east coast of England. Its replacement with RSH works number 7360 was paid for by insurance and it was given the number 2734 of the lost locomotive.[1]
  • The final batch of fifty Class 19D locomotives for the SAR were delivered in 1949 by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow, Scotland and numbered in the range from 3321 to 3370. These engines were delivered with Type MX Torpedo tenders.[9][10][11]
  • In 1951, six were built by NBL for the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB) in Angola.[3][9]
  • Between 1951 and 1953, Henschel & Son built 21 more for the Rhodesia Railways (RR) and the Nkana copper mine in Northern Rhodesia.[3][12]
  • In 1955, four more were built by NBL for the Wankie coal mine in Southern Rhodesia.[3][9]

Characteristics

The Class 19D, nicknamed Dolly, was very similar to its predecessor Class 19C, but Day specified piston valves and Walschaerts valve gear instead of rotary cam poppet valve gear. The cylinders were redesigned with straighter steam ports while the valve gear itself was revamped with a longer steam lap and greater valve travel. In all other respects they were identical to the Class 19C. The last five locomotives of the first batch from Krupp, numbers 2521 to 2525, were fitted with exhaust steam injectors.[2][3][4]

The cylinders were of the combined type, being cast in two identical and interchangeable sections, each made up of one cylinder and half of the smokebox saddle. They were of cast iron and had liners fitted. The design of the steam passages provided for a large cross-sectional area for both live and exhaust steam.[2]

All coupled wheels were flanged. The axle boxes of the leading and trailing wheels were equipped with roller bearings while the solid bronze coupled wheel axle boxes were soft grease-lubricated. Soft grease lubrication was used throughout for the motion gear, except the piston rods, valve spindles and main crossheads which were oil-lubricated. Two four-feed sight lubricators, arranged in the cab, supplied oil to the steam chests and cylinders.[2]

Watson Standard boilers

The Class 19D was delivered with a Watson Standard no. 1A boiler, fitted with Ross Pop safety valves and set at 200 pounds per square inch (1,379 kilopascals) pressure. The regulator was of the multiple-valve type, with the valves arranged on the saturated steam side of the superheater header in accordance with SAR practice. The boiler was one of the range of standard type boilers which were designed by Day's predecessor as CME, A.G. Watson, as part of his standardisation policy. The locomotive was also equipped with a Watson cab with its distinctive inclined front.[1][2][4][10][11]

Despite the specifications, the first batch of Class 19D locomotives, built by Krupp and Borsig and delivered in 1937 and 1938, came in two variations. The Krupp-built locomotives were delivered with domeless boilers, while the Borsig-built locomotives conformed to the specifications with domed boilers.[1][2][4]

While the domeless boilers did not conform to the specified Watson Standard no. 1A boiler as far as the dome was concerned, they were accepted nevertheless, probably since all their other dimensions were identical to that of the Watson Standard boiler. It appears that Krupp had decided on their own accord that a dome was not necessary since there was no regulator in the dome, but merely a standpipe. Krupp substituted the dome with a manhole cover on which the two Pop safety valves were mounted, while the steam was collected through a battery of collecting pipes, situated high up in the boiler in a similar manner to that which was used in the Class 16E.[1][2]

All the subsequent Class 19D orders were delivered with domed Watson Standard no. 1A boilers with the usual standpipe steam collector high up in the dome, from where steam was led to the multi-valve regulator in the smokebox. Technically, whenever the loading gauge permitted the use of domes, their use was preferable to the domeless system which resulted in crowding multiple pipes into the boiler and other complications better left out of boilers. Operationally, according to drivers, there was no apparent difference in locomotive performance between the two boiler types.[1][2][13]

The Watson Standard boilers are interchangeable between locomotives. In the process of locomotives undergoing major overhauls, these twenty Krupp-built domeless boilers migrated between engines during subsequent years. As a result, locomotives from the other builders and even some Classes 19A and 19C locomotives eventually ended up with some of these domeless boilers.[4]

Tenders

As a result of having been built over such a long time span by so many different manufacturers, the six main groups of the Class 19D all had different all-up weights and axle loadings, as shown in the table and the specifications in the infobox. Over the eleven years during which the Class 19D was being produced for the SAR, some alterations occurred.[1][10][11]

  • As built, the Class 19D was delivered with Type MT tenders with a 12 long tons (12.2 tonnes) coal and a 6,000 imperial gallons (27,300 litres) water capacity, even though the axle load of 16 long tons 11 hundredweight (16,820 kilograms) of these tenders exceeded the permissible limits on the branch lines for which the Class 19D was intended. Upon delivery, their new Type MT tenders were exchanged for the smaller modified Type MP1 tenders from some of the reboilered mainline locomotives. The Type MP1, many of which were later rebuilt to Type MR tenders, had a lighter axle load of 13 long tons 15 hundredweight (13,970 kilograms) and was therefore more suitable for branch line work. This policy was followed with all the Classes 19B, 19C and 19D, except the last batch of Class 19D for the SAR, numbers 3321 to 3370.[1][2]
  • During 1944 Dr. M.M. Loubser, then CME, who had been involved with the design of the Class 19 family from the very beginning in the late 1920s, made further improvements to the Class 19D. All the post-war locomotives came equipped with vacuum brake systems in addition to the steam brakes. The two 21 inches (533 millimetres) vacuum cylinders were fitted under the running boards on either side at a point about midway between the leading and driving coupled wheels, while the vacuum chamber was arranged in line with the intermediate coupled wheels.[1][2]
  • The final batch from NBL, numbers 3321 to 3370, had Type MX tank wagon type tenders with cylindrical water tanks, similar in appearance to the American Vanderbilt type tenders. They were built to the design of Dr. M.M. Loubser, ran on three-axle Buckeye bogies and became commonly known as Torpedo tenders.[1][4]

Service

South African Railways

During the service life of the Class 19D, several tender exchanges occurred to best equip a locomotive for the region it was allocated to and the type of service it was to be employed in. In line service, type MX Torpedo tenders were usually preferred for their larger coal and water capacities. The result was that by the time the Class 19D was withdrawn from service in the late 1980s, many had exchanged their Type MP1 or Type MR tenders for Type MX Torpedo tenders and vice versa. Type MX Torpedo tenders also ended up attached to Class 19B and Class 19C locomotives.[1][14]

The Class 19D was the most numerous South African branch line locomotive and, at 235 built for the SAR, was only twenty less in number than the Class 15F mainline locomotive, the most numerous South African steam class. The Class 19D was very versatile and saw main- and branch line service all over South Africa with the exception of the Western Cape, where the Class 19C was used.[3]

Tasks varied from mainline local and international passenger trains on the section between Warrenton and Mafeking en route between South Africa and Northern Rhodesia via Bechuanaland and Southern Rhodesia, to secondary and branch line duties and in later years as shunting engines. On occasion, South African Class 19D locomotives worked through from Mafikeng in South Africa via Botswana all the way to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. SAR Class 19D locomotives were also hired out for shunting work to the Rhodesia Railways for use at Beit Bridge and to Mozambique for use at Lourenco Marques.[3]

From c. 1972, the new Union Carriage & Wagon-built Blue Train was stabled at Pretoria. After Capital Park's blue-liveried Class S2 no. 3793 was withdrawn along with the rest of its class in 1979–1980, the Pretoria station carriage-shunt duties were taken over by a blue-painted Class 19D no. 2749, the only member of the class to serve in a different SAR livery from the usual black. Apart from shunting work, the blue Dolly was often specially requested to work the Cullinan train during the Jacaranda season.[15]

The Class 19D served until right at the end of the South African steam era and were amongst the last steam locomotives to be replaced by electric and diesel-electric traction.[3]

SAR Class 19D on the George - Knysna Line

The SAR Class 19D locomotive was a vital workhorse on the scenic George - Knysna (Outeniqua Choo Tjoe) line in South Africa. Known for its reliability, it handled both passenger and freight services efficiently.

Passenger Services: SAR Class 19D locomotives were commonly used for passenger trains, providing travelers with a comfortable journey through the Western Cape's picturesque landscapes.

Freight Transport: These locomotives played a crucial role in hauling timber from, showcasing their remarkable hauling capabilities.

Scenic Journeys: Tourists enjoyed breathtaking views of forests, hills, and the coast when traveling on trains pulled by SAR Class 19D locomotives.

Though the line is no longer operational, the SAR Class 19D's legacy in South African railway history endures.

Other operators

Other Southern African railways and some industries also purchased locomotives built to the Class 19D design. When these foreign versions are included, a total of 268 locomotives were built to the Class 19D design making them even more numerous than the Class 15F.[3]

Benguela Railway

Six were built for the Caminho de Ferro de Benguela (CFB or Benguela Railway) in Angola by NBL in 1951, as their 11th Class and numbered in the range from 401 to 406.[9] These locomotives were wood- or coal-fired, depending on where they were operating, and had tenders with slatted frames installed on top of the bunker to increase their fuel capacity when wood was used. In August 1972, for example, numbers 401, 402 and 406 were based at Lobito and were observed to be coal-fired. At the same time, numbers 403 and 405 were observed at Luso and no. 404 at Nova Lisboa, all wood-fired.

Rhodesia Railways

Between 1951 and 1953, Henschel & Son built twenty for Rhodesia Railways, their 19th class, numbered in the range from 316 to 335. They had tenders similar to the SAR Torpedo type, but with plate frame bogies instead of cast frame Buckeye bogies.[3][12][16]

A single RR 19C class, no. 336, was built by Henschel in 1953 as a condensing locomotive. After a collision in 1956, it was rebuilt into a non-condensing 19th Class and re-entered service in 1958. The condensing tender was rebuilt to a Torpedo tender by mounting a tank and coal bunker, supplied locally in Bulawayo, on the frame.[16][17] This rebuilt tender is the one paired with no. 330 which is preserved in the Bulawayo Railway Museum.[18]

By June 1975, only three were left in service, all allocated to the Bulawayo shed, but with two out-stationed at Mafeking in South Africa.[19]

Nkana Mines

Two were built by Henschel for the Nkana copper mines in Northern Rhodesia in 1952, numbered 107 and 108.[17] In 1967, they were sold to a Rhodesian scrap merchant who, in turn, sold them to Rhodesia Railways where they were overhauled and placed back in service in 1968 as RR 19B Class no. 337 and 338.[12][16]

Wankie Colliery

In 1955 four more without superheating and numbered in the range from 1 to 4 were built to the design of the Class 19D by NBL for the Wankie Colliery in Southern Rhodesia.[16]

INDUSTRIAL

As they were being retired, several Class 19D locomotives were sold into industrial service. By the late 1980s, some of them were already at work at Dunn's, Saiccor, Loraine Gold Mine and Bamangwato Concessions Ltd. (BCL) in Botswana, and more were to follow.[3]

Loraine Gold Mine

19D 2654 Sandstone Heritage Trust

19D 2734 Scrapped

19D 2769 Scrapped

19D 3369 Scrapped

Bamangwato Concessions Ltd. (BCL)

19D 2765 / LO805

19D 3350 / LO806

19D 3341 / LO807

19D 3338 / LO808 Scrapped

19D 2689 / LO812

19D 2678 / LO813

As late as 2011, two Class 19Ds which had been used on the Vaal Reefs Gold Mine in the 1980s until they were retired and dumped at Jan Kempdorp where they stood unprotected for about twenty years, were bought by BCL Selebi-Phikwe. The locomotives, possibly numbers 2678 and 2689, were to be overhauled for use by the mine there, which was still operating ex-SAR Class 19D and ex-RR 19th class locomotives. By June 2012, the first of these two was put into service. However the mine closed in late 2016 putting the entire fleet out of work and now up for sale (December 2018).[20][21]

Red Devil predecessor

As a trial run before SAR mechanical engineer David Wardale was granted permission to proceed to rebuild a Class 25NC 4-8-4 locomotive to the Class 26 Red Devil in 1979, he was allowed to carry out modifications to a Class 19D locomotive. The locomotive selected for the experiment was Krupp-built no. 2644, a particularly poor-steaming member of the Class at the time.[3][22]

A gas producer combustion system (GPCS) and dual Lempor exhaust were installed, along with some other small improvements. The Lempor had a four-jet blastpipe with extended petticoats to provide truer ejector proportions. To accommodate the arrangement, the smokebox was extended by 300 millimetres (11.8 inches). Steam flow in the cylinders was improved by streamlining the edges of the piston valves which were each equipped with an additional valve ring to reduce leakage. The firebox was modified to the GPCS system wherein principal combustion is effected using secondary air introduced above the firebed through ducts in the firebox sides, while primary air was restricted through dampers and a redesigned grate.[3]

Firebox turbulence was created by steam jets and clinkering was inhibited by introducing exhaust steam under the grate. Sanding was improved and de-sanding jets were installed to clean the rails after the locomotive had passed.[3]

The modifications improved the locomotive's steaming rate and enabled it to achieve significantly higher power and significantly lower fuel consumption than other unmodified Class 19D locomotives, the coal savings and increased output being in the order of 20% to 25%. The success of this experiment convinced the SAR management at the time of the viability of the project which culminated in the Class 26 Red Devil.[3][4][23]

Preservation

Of the Class 19D, several survived into preservation. By 2024

Number (* MX tender) Works nmr. THF / Private Leaselend / Owner Current Location Outside South Africa ?
2510 Krupp 1622 Private Municipality Barkly East (Town Centre)
2526 Borsig 14643 Private Waterval-Boven Locomotive Depot
2534 Borsig 14651 Private Municipality Naboomspruit (Town Centre)
2540 * Borsig 14657 THF Germiston Locomotive Depot
2541 Borsig 14658 Private Municipality Potgietersrus (Town Centre) Domeles Boiler
2633 Skoda 928 Private Sandstone Heritage Trust Sandstone Heritage Trust
2637 Skoda 932 THF Umgeni Steam Railway Masons Mill Locomotive Depot
2640 * Skoda 935 THF Voorbaai Locomotive Depot
2649 * Krupp 1829 THF George Locomotive Depot Last steam locomotive to be used on the Outiniqua choo tjoe
2650 Krupp 1830 THF Wonder Steam Trains Hermanstad (Station) Domeles Boiler
2654 * Krupp 1834 Private Sandstone Heritage Trust Bloemfontein Locomotive Depot Operational
2656 * Krupp 1836 Private Municipality Jan Kempdorp (Town Centre) Domeles Boiler
2666 * Krupp 1849 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot Domeles Boiler
2669 Krupp 1852 THF Paton's Country Narrow Gauge Railway Creighton (Station) Operational Domeles Boiler
2678 * Krupp 1861 Private Selebi-Phikwe copper mine Selebi-Phikwe Botswana BCL LO813
2682 Borsig 14738 Private Municipality Schweizer-Reneke (Town Centre)
2683 Borsig 14734 THF Voorbaai Locomotive Depot
2685 Borsig 14736 Private Umgeni Steam Railway Kloofstation (Inchanga) Operational
2688 Borsig 14739 Private Municipality Warrenton (Town Centre) Domeles Boiler
2689 * Borsig 14740 Private Selebi-Phikwe copper mine Selebi-Phikwe Botswana BCL LO812
2690 * Borsig 14741 Private Municipality Wakkerstroom (Town Centre)
2695 Borsig 14746 Private Ian Welch Plimmerton[24] New Zealand
2696 * Borsig 14747 Private Municipality Volksrust (Town Centre)
2698 * Borsig 14749 THF Voorbaai Locomotive Depot
2702 * Borsig 14753 Private Rovos Rail Capital Locomotive Depot Named Bianca
2709 Borsig 14760 THF Krugersdorp Locomotive Depot Domeless Boiler
2711 Borsig 14765 Private North West Agricultural Museum Lichtenburg
2714 Borsig 14762 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
2749 * RSH 7262 THF Voorbaai Locomotive Depot
2765 * RSH 7278 Private Selebi-Phikwe copper mine Selebi-Phikwe Botswana BCL LO805
3321 * NBL 26041 Private Ceres Railway Company Ceres Golf Estate Operational (oil burner)
3322 NBL 26042 Private Ceres Railway Company Royal Cape Yacht Club Operational (oil burner)
3323 * NBL 26043 THF George Locomotive Depot
3324 * NBL 26044 THF Voorbaai Locomotive Depot
3325 NBL 26045 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
3327 NBL 26047 THF Bloemfontein Locomotive Depot
3328 * NBL 26048 Private Municipality Coligny (Town Centre)
3330 NBL 26050 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
3332 * NBL 26052 Private Ian Welch Robertson, WC (NCCR)
3334 * NBL 26054 THF Voorbaai Locomotive Depot (oil burner)
3337 NBL 26057 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
3341 * NBL 26061 Private Grand Bradley Germiston Locomotive Depot BCL LO807
3345 NBL 26065 THF Gold Reef City Gold Reef City
3348 NBL 26068 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
3350 * NBL 26070 Private Selebi-Phikwe copper mine Selebi-Phikwe Botswana BCL LO806 / Plinth Main Street
3356 * NBL 26076 Private Municipality Vryburg (Town Centre)
3360 * NBL 26080 Private Rovos Rail Capital Park Locomotive Depot Operational. Named Shaun
3361 * NBL 26081 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
3364 NBL 26084 THF Queenstown Locomotive Depot
3366* NBL 26086 Private Wonder Steam Trains Hermanstad (Station) Operational

Works numbers and renumbering

The table shows the Class 19D builders, works numbers, years built and engine numbers. Batch code symbols for the weight specifications as defined in the infobox are included in the "Notes" column.[1][8][9][10][11]

Class 19D 4-8-2 – Builders & Works Numbers

Builder
Works
no.
Year
built
Railway
Loco
No.
Notes
Krupp 1618 1937 SAR 2506 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1619 1937 SAR 2507 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1620 1937 SAR 2508 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1621 1937 SAR 2509 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1622 1937 SAR 2510 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1623 1937 SAR 2511 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1624 1937 SAR 2512 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1625 1937 SAR 2513 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1626 1937 SAR 2514 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1627 1937 SAR 2515 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1628 1937 SAR 2516 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1629 1937 SAR 2517 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1630 1937 SAR 2518 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1631 1937 SAR 2519 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1632 1937 SAR 2520 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1633 1937 SAR 2521 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1634 1937 SAR 2522 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1635 1937 SAR 2523 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1636 1937 SAR 2524 ♠ Domeless
Krupp 1637 1937 SAR 2525 ♠ Domeless
Borsig 14643 1937 SAR 2526
Borsig 14644 1937 SAR 2527
Borsig 14645 1937 SAR 2528
Borsig 14646 1937 SAR 2529
Borsig 14647 1937 SAR 2530
Borsig 14648 1937 SAR 2531
Borsig 14649 1937 SAR 2532
Borsig 14650 1937 SAR 2533
Borsig 14651 1937 SAR 2534
Borsig 14652 1937 SAR 2535
Borsig 14653 1937 SAR 2536
Borsig 14654 1937 SAR 2537
Borsig 14655 1937 SAR 2538
Borsig 14656 1937 SAR 2539
Borsig 14657 1937 SAR 2540
Borsig 14658 1937 SAR 2541
Borsig 14659 1937 SAR 2542
Borsig 14660 1937 SAR 2543
Borsig 14661 1937 SAR 2544
Borsig 14662 1937 SAR 2545
Škoda 921 1938 SAR 2626
Škoda 922 1938 SAR 2627
Škoda 923 1938 SAR 2628
Škoda 924 1938 SAR 2629
Škoda 925 1938 SAR 2630
Škoda 926 1938 SAR 2631
Škoda 927 1938 SAR 2632
Škoda 928 1938 SAR 2633 Saiccor no. 2
Škoda 929 1938 SAR 2634
Škoda 930 1938 SAR 2635
Škoda 931 1938 SAR 2636
Škoda 932 1938 SAR 2637
Škoda 933 1938 SAR 2638
Škoda 934 1938 SAR 2639
Škoda 935 1938 SAR 2640
Krupp 1821 1938 SAR 2641
Krupp 1822 1938 SAR 2642
Krupp 1823 1938 SAR 2643
Krupp 1824 1938 SAR 2644
Krupp 1825 1938 SAR 2645
Krupp 1826 1938 SAR 2646
Krupp 1827 1938 SAR 2647
Krupp 1828 1938 SAR 2648
Krupp 1829 1938 SAR 2649
Krupp 1830 1938 SAR 2650
Krupp 1831 1938 SAR 2651
Krupp 1832 1938 SAR 2652
Krupp 1833 1938 SAR 2653
Krupp 1834 1938 SAR 2654
Krupp 1835 1938 SAR 2655
Krupp 1836 1938 SAR 2656
Krupp 1837 1938 SAR 2657
Krupp 1838 1938 SAR 2658
Krupp 1839 1938 SAR 2659
Krupp 1840 1938 SAR 2660
Krupp 1841 1938 SAR 2661
Krupp 1842 1938 SAR 2662
Krupp 1843 1938 SAR 2663
Krupp 1847 1939 SAR 2664
Krupp 1848 1939 SAR 2665
Krupp 1849 1939 SAR 2666
Krupp 1850 1939 SAR 2667
Krupp 1851 1939 SAR 2668
Krupp 1852 1939 SAR 2669
Krupp 1853 1939 SAR 2670
Krupp 1854 1939 SAR 2671
Krupp 1855 1939 SAR 2672
Krupp 1856 1939 SAR 2673
Krupp 1857 1939 SAR 2674
Krupp 1858 1939 SAR 2675
Krupp 1859 1939 SAR 2676
Krupp 1860 1939 SAR 2677
Krupp 1861 1939 SAR 2678 Selebi-pikwe LO812 or LO813
Krupp 1862 1939 SAR 2679
Krupp 1863 1939 SAR 2680
Borsig 14732 1938 SAR 2681
Borsig 14733 1938 SAR 2682
Borsig 14734 1938 SAR 2683
Borsig 14735 1938 SAR 2684
Borsig 14736 1938 SAR 2685
Borsig 14737 1938 SAR 2686
Borsig 14738 1938 SAR 2687
Borsig 14739 1938 SAR 2688
Borsig 14740 1938 SAR 2689 Selebi-pikwe LO812 or LO813
Borsig 14741 1938 SAR 2690
Borsig 14742 1938 SAR 2691
Borsig 14743 1938 SAR 2692
Borsig 14744 1938 SAR 2693
Borsig 14745 1938 SAR 2694
Borsig 14746 1938 SAR 2695
Borsig 14747 1938 SAR 2696
Borsig 14748 1938 SAR 2697 Saiccor no. 1
Borsig 14749 1938 SAR 2698
Borsig 14750 1938 SAR 2699
Borsig 14751 1938 SAR 2700
Borsig 14752 1938 SAR 2701
Borsig 14753 1938 SAR 2702
Borsig 14754 1938 SAR 2703
Borsig 14755 1938 SAR 2704
Borsig 14756 1938 SAR 2705
Borsig 14757 1938 SAR 2706
Borsig 14758 1938 SAR 2707
Borsig 14759 1938 SAR 2708
Borsig 14760 1938 SAR 2709
Borsig 14761 1938 SAR 2710
Borsig 14762 1938 SAR 2711
Borsig 14763 1938 SAR 2712
Borsig 14764 1938 SAR 2713
Borsig 14765 1938 SAR 2714
Borsig 14766 1938 SAR 2715
Borsig 14767 1938 SAR 2716
Borsig 14768 1938 SAR 2717
Borsig 14769 1938 SAR 2718
Borsig 14770 1938 SAR 2719
Borsig 14771 1938 SAR 2720
RSH 7191 1945 SAR 2721 ʘ
RSH 7192 1945 SAR 2722 ʘ
RSH 7193 1945 SAR 2723 ʘ
RSH 7194 1945 SAR 2724 ʘ
RSH 7195 1945 SAR 2725 ʘ
RSH 7196 1945 SAR 2726 ʘ
RSH 7197 1945 SAR 2727 ʘ
RSH 7198 1945 SAR 2728 ʘ
RSH 7199 1945 SAR 2729 ʘ
RSH 7200 1945 SAR 2730 ʘ
RSH 7244 1945 SAR 2731 ʘ
RSH 7245 1945 SAR 2732 ʘ
RSH 7246 1945 SAR 2733 ʘ
RSH 7360 1945 SAR 2734 ʘ RSH 7247's replacement
RSH 7248 1945 SAR 2735 ʘ
RSH 7249 1945 SAR 2736 ʘ
RSH 7250 1945 SAR 2737 ʘ
RSH 7251 1945 SAR 2738 ʘ
RSH 7252 1945 SAR 2739 ʘ
RSH 7253 1945 SAR 2740 ʘ
RSH 7254 1945 SAR 2741 ʘ
RSH 7255 1945 SAR 2742 ʘ
RSH 7256 1945 SAR 2743 ʘ
RSH 7257 1945 SAR 2744 ʘ
RSH 7258 1945 SAR 2745 ʘ
RSH 7259 1945 SAR 2746 ʘ
RSH 7260 1945 SAR 2747 ʘ
RSH 7261 1945 SAR 2748 ʘ
RSH 7262 1945 SAR 2749 ʘ
RSH 7263 1945 SAR 2750 ʘ
RSH 7264 1945 SAR 2751 ʘ
RSH 7265 1945 SAR 2752 ʘ
RSH 7266 1945 SAR 2753 ʘ
RSH 7267 1945 SAR 2754 ʘ
RSH 7268 1945 SAR 2755 ʘ
RSH 7269 1945 SAR 2756 ʘ
RSH 7270 1945 SAR 2757 ʘ
RSH 7271 1945 SAR 2758 ʘ
RSH 7272 1945 SAR 2759 ʘ
RSH 7273 1945 SAR 2760 ʘ
RSH 7274 1945 SAR 2761 ʘ
RSH 7275 1945 SAR 2762 ʘ
RSH 7276 1945 SAR 2763 ʘ
RSH 7277 1945 SAR 2764 ʘ
RSH 7278 1945 SAR 2765 ʘ selebi-pikwe LO805
RSH 7279 1945 SAR 2766 ʘ
RSH 7280 1945 SAR 2767 ʘ Saiccor no. 3
RSH 7281 1945 SAR 2768 ʘ
RSH 7282 1945 SAR 2769 ʘ
RSH 7283 1945 SAR 2770 ʘ
NBL 26041 1948 SAR 3321 ʘ
NBL 26042 1948 SAR 3322 ʘ
NBL 26043 1948 SAR 3323 ʘ
NBL 26044 1948 SAR 3324 ʘ
NBL 26045 1948 SAR 3325 ʘ
NBL 26046 1948 SAR 3326 ʘ
NBL 26047 1948 SAR 3327 ʘ
NBL 26048 1948 SAR 3328 ʘ
NBL 26049 1948 SAR 3329 ʘ
NBL 26050 1948 SAR 3330 ʘ
NBL 26051 1948 SAR 3331 ʘ
NBL 26052 1948 SAR 3332 ʘ
NBL 26053 1948 SAR 3333 ʘ
NBL 26054 1948 SAR 3334 ʘ
NBL 26055 1948 SAR 3335 ʘ
NBL 26056 1948 SAR 3336 ʘ
NBL 26057 1948 SAR 3337 ʘ
NBL 26058 1948 SAR 3338 ʘ Selebi-pikwe LO808
NBL 26059 1948 SAR 3339 ʘ
NBL 26060 1948 SAR 3340 ʘ
NBL 26061 1948 SAR 3341 ʘ Selebi-pikwe LO807
NBL 26062 1948 SAR 3342 ʘ
NBL 26063 1948 SAR 3343 ʘ
NBL 26064 1948 SAR 3344 ʘ
NBL 26065 1948 SAR 3345 ʘ
NBL 26066 1948 SAR 3346 ʘ
NBL 26067 1948 SAR 3347 ʘ
NBL 26068 1948 SAR 3348 ʘ
NBL 26069 1948 SAR 3349 ʘ
NBL 26070 1948 SAR 3350 ʘ Selebi-pikwe LO806
NBL 26071 1948 SAR 3351 ʘ
NBL 26072 1948 SAR 3352 ʘ
NBL 26073 1948 SAR 3353 ʘ
NBL 26074 1948 SAR 3354 ʘ
NBL 26075 1948 SAR 3355 ʘ
NBL 26076 1948 SAR 3356 ʘ
NBL 26077 1948 SAR 3357 ʘ
NBL 26078 1948 SAR 3358 ʘ
NBL 26079 1948 SAR 3359 ʘ
NBL 26080 1948 SAR 3360 ʘ
NBL 26081 1948 SAR 3361 ʘ
NBL 26082 1948 SAR 3362 ʘ
NBL 26083 1948 SAR 3363 ʘ
NBL 26084 1948 SAR 3364 ʘ
NBL 26085 1948 SAR 3365 ʘ
NBL 26086 1948 SAR 3366 ʘ
NBL 26087 1948 SAR 3367 ʘ
NBL 26088 1948 SAR 3368 ʘ
NBL 26089 1948 SAR 3369 ʘ
NBL 26090 1948 SAR 3370 ʘ
NBL 26959 1951 CFB 401
NBL 26960 1951 CFB 402
NBL 26961 1951 CFB 403
NBL 26962 1951 CFB 404
NBL 26963 1951 CFB 405
NBL 26964 1951 CFB 406
Henschel 27386 1951 RR 316
Henschel 27387 1951 RR 317
Henschel 27388 1951 RR 318
Henschel 27389 1951 RR 319
Henschel 27390 1952 RR 320
Henschel 27391 1952 RR 321
Henschel 27392 1952 RR 322
Henschel 27393 1952 RR 323
Henschel 27394 1952 RR 324
Henschel 27395 1952 RR 325
Henschel 27396 1952 RR 326
Henschel 27397 1952 RR 327
Henschel 27398 1952 RR 328
Henschel 27399 1952 RR 329
Henschel 27400 1952 RR 330
Henschel 27401 1952 RR 331
Henschel 27402 1952 RR 332
Henschel 27403 1952 RR 333
Henschel 27404 1952 RR 334
Henschel 27405 1952 RR 335
Henschel 27409 1952 Nkana 107 RR Class 19B no. 337
Henschel 27410 1952 Nkana 108 RR Class 19B no. 338
Henschel 27411 1953 RR 336 RR Class 19C
NBL 27557 1955 Wankie 1
NBL 27558 1955 Wankie 2
NBL 27559 1955 Wankie 3
NBL 27560 1955 Wankie 4

References

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  6. ^ Information supplied by R.S. Loubser, son of M.M. Loubser
  7. ^ a b Friedrich Krupp AG, Essen Listen-Verwaltung: Stw – works list as supplied by Piotr Staszewski
  8. ^ a b Škoda-Werke, Plzen (Pilsen), Czechoslovakia works list, as supplied by Piotr Staszewski
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External links

External videos
video icon Riding the Reverses with Class 19D 3323 on the Barkly East Branch Class 19D no. 3323, driven by Boepie Schutte, at work on the Barkly East branch on 26 May 2001, as part of a Steam Safaris tour. The Union Limited was staged at Lady Grey while the Class 19D hauled a mixed train as far as Ulrie and back. The video shows Reverses 1 through 6, plus some of the magnificent scenery that the line traverses. (Time 15:00)
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video icon South African Steam: 19D Ceres and Porterville Branch Line Class 19D no. 3323 at work on a mixed train from Wolseley to Prince Alfred Hamlet and return on 28 May 2002. Class 26 no. 3450, The Red Devil, shunting empty wagons at Wolseley before a run through towards Dal Josafat. Class 19D no. 3321 and 3323 on the Union Limited from Hermon to Porterville. (Time 17:21)
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video icon South African Steam: 10CR & 19D Loraine Gold Mine Open Day August 1997 Class 10CR no. 771 and Class 19D numbers 2765 and 3369, working at the Lorraine Gold Mine in the Free State, August 1997. (Time 8:42)
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