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The South African Railways Class 23 4-8-2 of 1938 is a South African steam locomotive from the South African Railways era. In 1938 and 1939 the South African Railways placed one hundred and thirty-six Class 23 steam locomotives in service. The Class 23 was the last and the largest 4-8-2 Mountain type locomotive to be designed by the South African Railways.〔South African Railways and Harbours Locomotive Diagram Book, 2’0” & 3’6” Gauge Steam Locomotives, 15 August 1941, as amended〕〔 ==Manufacturers== The Class 23 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive was designed by W.A.J. Day, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the South African Railways (SAR) from 1936 to 1939. It was intended as a general utility locomotive capable of operating on rail, and was built in two batches by Berliner Maschinenbau and Henschel and Son in Germany. The original order in 1938 was for twenty locomotives, of which Berliner built seven, numbered in the range from 2552 to 2558, and Henschel thirteen, numbered in the range from 2559 to 2571.〔〔〔Henschel & Son works list, compiled by Dietmar Stresow〕 The urgency brought about by the rapidly deteriorating political climate in Europe at the time led to a further one hundred and sixteen locomotives being ordered even before the first batch could be delivered and tested. Of these, Henschel built eighty-five, numbered in the range from 3201 to 3285, and Berliner thirty-one, numbered in the range from 3286 to 3316. The last locomotive of this second order was delivered in August 1939, just one month before the outbreak of World War II.〔〔〔(Touws River, Municipality - SAR Class 23 No 2556 )〕 Locomotive number 3301 received an out of sequence works number, Berliner 10816 instead of 11000, since works number 11000 was reserved for a new 4-6-2 Pacific type locomotive for the German State Railways. The table shows the Class 23 engine numbers, builders and works numbers. On the builders’ works lists all the locomotives are recorded as having been built in 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 23 4-8-2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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