In 1941 the South African Railways bought the locomotive from the contractors out of hand.
In 1912, when the South African Railways was established, these converted locomotives were designated Class 13.
In 1921 they were placed back in service by the South African Railways.
It is served by a station on the South African Railways.
These huge oil coolers have been used successfully in coal trains for South African Railways.
Five more of these locomotives were delivered to the South African Railways in 1913 and 1914.
The Class 23 was the last and the largest 4-8-2 Mountain locomotive to be designed by the South African Railways.
His father Ben was a goods inspector on South African Railways.
The Central African Railway was poorly built, and soon needed extensive repairs.
The former Uganda Railway, was run by the company East African Railways.