South African Class C 4-6-0T

The South African Railways Class C 4-6-0T of 1879 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Colony of Natal. Between 1879 and 1885 the Natal Government Railways placed thirty-seven 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler type tank locomotives in service. They were initially often called the K and S Class after their builders, Kitson and Company and Robert Stephenson and Company, until they were designated NGR Class G, and in 1912 the survivors were renumbered and reclassified as Class C. Kitson delivered the first batches, the first seven being built as 2-6-0T Mogul types and later rebuilt as 4-6-0T, and the rest were built by Stephenson. They were the oldest pre-Union locomotives to be classified and renumbered onto the South African Railways roster.