Title
South African Railways boiler arrangements and electrical connections
Reference
GEC/2/2/31/1
Production date
1944 - 1949
Creator
- Bastian & Allen LtdBiographyBiography
Bastian & Allen Ltd., electrical and mechanical engineers, began to manufacture electrode boilers in a former wooden toy factory in Ferndale Terrace in 1949 and the premises were later extended and in 1965 the company employed 180 people.
Scope and Content
The roll contains seven waxed linen drawings of boiler arrangements and electrical connections for South African Railways. Drawing number references B; C.
BR Class 103. Body and underframe framing. Driving and trailer ends.
Extent
1 roll
Archival history
This roll of drawings was compiled by Bastian & Allen Ltd
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Associated people and organisations
- South African Railways and HarboursBiographyBiography
In 1910 the state-owned South African Railways and Harbours (SAR&H) organisation was created, after the four colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State were amalgamated into the new Union of South Africa. In 1916, SAR&H took over the activities of the Central South African Railways, the Cape Government Railways and the Natal Government Railways. In 1924 the last privately owned railway line in South Africa was taken over by SAR&H; the New Cape Central Railway between Worcester and Voor Bay. In 1920 electrification of South Africa’s railways was completed, and in 1924 the first electric test train ran between Ladysmith and Chieveley in Natal. In 1950 the first portion of the new Johannesburg station was opened and construction was completed on the huge workshops complex at Koedoespoort. In 1960, diesel locomotives were introduced on a large scale to SAR&H. In 1981, SAR&H changed its name to South African Transport Services (SATS) and took on South Africa’s railway, harbour, road transport, and aviation and pipeline operations.
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