South African Class 7A 4-8-0

The South African Railways Class 7A 4-8-0 of 1896 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. Between 1896 and 1901 the Cape Government Railways placed a second batch of 46 7th Class locomotives with a 4-8-0 Mastodon wheel arrangement in service on its Midland and Eastern Systems, slightly improved on the first batch of 1892 to 1893 and the first with type ZC bogie tenders. Orders in 1896 were shared among three makers: Sharp, Stewart and Company built eight for the Midland System, numbered 385 to 392, Dubs eight for the Eastern System and Neilson twelve. Sharp Stewart also built one for the Imvani-Indwe Railway in 1898, named E. J. Byrne. In 1912 the SAR designated them Class 7A.