2008 photo: www.sandstone-estates.com
2008 photo: www.sandstone-estates.com
2008 photo: www.sandstone-estates.com
2008 photo: www.sandstone-estates.com
2008 photo: www.sandstone-estates.com
15AR No: 2016 was a static exhibit at the Queenstown Museum from 1980 until recently when it was moved to the new Queens Casino in Queenstown as a feature exhibit in the railway themed building. It has been cosmetically restored to its former glory by Sandstone Heritage Trust. Although it will never run again it is safe for posterity. Source: Steam in Action newsletter May 2008.
This locomotive was built by North British Locomotive Co as works no 22741 in 1921.
picture taken on 16 February 2009 by Recato Eberwein.
This locomotive Class 15AR no 2016 was until 2007 plinthed at the Queenstown and Frontier Museum located in Shepstone Street in Queenstown. It is a 1921 British-built steam locomotive that was used to pull the Royal Train when King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret visited Queenstown on March 6th, 1947.
The original Class 15 was designed as a large mixed traffic locomotive for use where grades and curvature were not so severe as on the coastal sections. The improved Class 15A were continuously built between 1914 and 1922 by Beyer, Peacock and North British Locomotive Co. In total 119 of these fine locomotives were built. When later reboilered with a standard No 2A boiler both the Class 15 and 15A were reclassified as Class 15AR. In this form they worked in the eastern Transvaal, eastern Cape and the Orange Free State.
Here is a link to a pdf document compiled by Sandstone which gives much more background about this locomotive.
This article originally appeared in the Daily Dispatch of 4 December 2001.
Here the locomotive, formerly plinthed at Queenstown Square, is being hoisted to moved on a truck to its new location at the Casino. Photo: Daylan Knott.
Here the locomotive, formerly plinthed at Queenstown Square, is being hoisted to moved on a truck to its new location at the Casino. Photo: Daylan Knott.
Below a photo of a Class 15AR in Steam at De Aar in 1973
This photo, showing a super-shine locomotive - Class 15AR no 2100, named "Prudence", the shed pilot at De Aar, was taken on 19.10.1973, and provided kind courtesy of the photographer Roger Griffiths.
If you visit Queenstown to see the casino locomotive, you should also check out the locomotive grave yard outside Queenstown near the road out to Bisho - this Google earth view is dated Mar 2008 and shows the location of the rusty engines.
This 26 Nov 2002 picture posted by user jorgms on Panoramio gives an example of what may be seen at the locomotive grave yard. The engine in the middle is no 3308, which happens to belong to the Class 19D series.
Visit my blog page with a 2009 photo report about the Queenstown Locomotive Graveyard .
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