South African Class 16 4-6-2

The South African Railways Class 16 4-6-2 of 1914 was a steam locomotive. In 1914 the railways placed twelve Class 16 locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific wheel arrangement in passenger train service. The design was by D.A. Hendrie, the railways' chief mechanical engineer from 1910 to 1922, and the twelve engines, numbered 790 to 801, were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland, and delivered in 1914. They were delivered new with Type MP1 tenders carrying 10 long tons of coal and 4,250 imperial gallons of water. In later years, after being withdrawn from mainline passenger service, many of them stayed in use on suburban passenger work and shunting.