South African Class 16C 4-6-2

The South African Railways Class 16C 4-6-2 of 1919 was a Pacific type steam locomotive designed by D.A. Hendrie, the Chief Mechanical Engineer, and built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow: ten delivered in 1919 and a second order of twenty in 1922. It was identical to the earlier Classes 16 and 16B in most respects except for a combustion chamber added to the boiler, visible as an extension of the Belpaire firebox hump. Crews found them free-steaming, fast and reliable, with more reserve power than the earlier classes. They hauled the mail trains out of Pretoria and Johannesburg, later moved to suburban service, and were withdrawn between 1975 and 1976.