The South African Railways Class 4A 4-8-2 of 1913 was a Mountain type steam locomotive of which ten were placed in service in 1913 and 1914, numbered 1551 to 1560. Soon after the 1912 renumbering the railways ordered them from the North British Locomotive Company as a further batch of the Class 4 type with an altered design. NBL also built a lighter version for the Rhodesia Railways, designated the RR 10th Class, which worked south from Bulawayo through the Bechuanaland Protectorate to Mafeking. The last reboilered Class 4AR was withdrawn from shunting on the West Rand in 1974, and some worked on in industrial service until the last was retired from Apex Colliery in 1983.
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Soon after the South African Railways (SAR) locomotive renumbering and classification scheme was carried out in 1912, an order was placed with North British Locomotive Company for a further ten locomotives of this type, built to an altered design.
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The South African Railways Class 4A 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive.
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In 1913 and 1914, ten Class 4A steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement were placed in service by the South African Railways.
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The South African Railways Class 4A 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive.
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The last Class 4AR locomotive was withdrawn from shunting operations on the West Rand in 1974 after more than 60 years in service.
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Soon after the South African Railways (SAR) locomotive renumbering and classification scheme was carried out in 1912, an order was placed with North British Locomotive Company for a further ten locomotives of this type, built to an altered design.
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The South African Railways Class 4A 4-8-2 of 1913 was a steam locomotive.
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