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The South African Railways Class 14C 4-8-2 of 1918 is a steam locomotive. Between 1918 and 1922 the South African Railways placed seventy-three steam locomotives with a 4-8-2 Mountain type wheel arrangement in service. Through reboilerings and rebalancings during its service life this single class eventually ended up as six different locomotive classes.〔South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended〕 ==Manufacturer== As a result of wartime disruption in Europe and Britain, the fourth version of the Class 14 locomotive was ordered from the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in Canada in 1918. It was designated Class 14C and was delivered between 1918 and 1922. The original order had been for twenty locomotives and was followed by three further orders from the same manufacturer between 1919 and 1922.〔 The first delivery was in 1918 and early in 1919, with the locomotives numbered in the range from 1761 to 1780. The second and third orders were both delivered in 1919, with the locomotives numbered in the ranges from 1881 to 1900 and 1991 to 2010. The final order of thirteen locomotives arrived in 1922, numbered in the range from 2026 to 2038.〔 All four batches differed in terms of maximum axle loading, weight on driving wheels and engine weight, as set out in Table 2 below. In addition, the first twenty locomotives had their boiler operating pressure set at , while the subsequent batches had their boiler operating pressure set at .〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African Class 14C 4-8-2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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