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Class 8B No.1155 - 4-8-0
Built 1903 by North British Locomotive

Nos.1132-1161 built in 1903 by North British Locomotive

SAR Class 8BCopyright Leith Paxton 2008

Original numbering 1132-1161
Driving wheel 4ft 0ins.
Cylinders 2 x 8½ x 24ins.
Valve gear: Stephensons Link Motion
Bolier Pressure: 180 psi
Grate Size: 21 square feet
Tractive Force: 23,100 lbs.
Length: 54 ft.5ins.
Weight: 59 tons 500lbs.
Axle Load: 11 tons 1,400lbs.
Tender Weight: 43 tons 100lbs.
Coal Capacity: 10 tons
Water Capacity: 3,000 gallons
Tender Types: XC, XC1, XD, XE, XE1, XF, XF1, XF2, XJ, XM, XM1, XM2 & XM3


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This article from the Daily News newspaper May 18th 1987 reads:

NEW OLDIE FOR STEAM ENTHUSIASTS

Umgeni Steam Railway recently acquired a 1903 steam locomotive, one of only two in the country still in working order. The engine, a Class 8 built in 1903, was donated by Saiccor, which until recently had it working in its yards.  Umgeni Steam Railway, a society for the preservation of steam locomotives [registered as a section-21 company], will restore the engine and make it part of its "living museum".  The society runs trips for the public every first Sunday of the month [now last Sunday] from its New Germany power station depot [new depot is now Kloof Station].  Here Norman Boulter, works director at Saiccor, is handing over the engine to Colin Healey, chairman [and founder member] of Umgeni Steam Railway.

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8B in green
The Class 8B loco No.1155 taken on 14th December 2008