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The South African Railways Class 16C 4-6-2 of 1919 is a steam locomotive. During 1919 the South African Railways placed ten Class 16C steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 Pacific type wheel arrangement in passenger train service. Another twenty were placed in service in 1922.〔North British Locomotive Company works list, compiled by Austrian locomotive historian Bernhard Schmeiser〕 ==Manufacturer== The Class 16C 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotive was designed by D.A. Hendrie, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1910 to 1922, and built by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in Glasgow, Scotland. Ten locomotives were delivered in 1919, numbered in the range from 812 to 821. A second order followed in 1921 for another twenty locomotives, numbered in the range from 822 to 841 when they were delivered in 1922.〔 They were identical to predecessors Class 16 and Class 16B in most respects, except that Hendrie had added a combustion chamber to the boiler, similar to that of the Class 15A. The presence of the combustion chamber was visible externally as an extension of the Belpaire firebox hump. The Class 16C proved to be excellent locomotives that were popular with the locomotive crews, being free-steaming, fast and reliable, with a reserve of power greater than that of either the Class 16 or Class 16B. On one occasion in 1922 one of them, working between Bloemfontein and Kroonstad, hauled a train of eighteen mainline saloons, a load that would have been considered good for the much more modern Class 15F of 1938.〔 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 16C 4-6-2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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