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The South African Railways Class 5 4-6-2 of 1912 is a steam locomotive. In 1912 four Enlarged Karoo Class 4-6-2 Pacific type passenger steam locomotives that had been ordered by the Cape Government Railways the year before, were placed in service by the newly established South African Railways. The locomotives were therefore numbered directly onto the South African Railways roster and classified as Class 5.〔 ==Manufacturer== The Cape Government Railways (CGR), Natal Government Railways (NGR) and Central South African Railways (CSAR) had all prepared designs and placed orders for new locomotives shortly prior to 1912, when they were all amalgamated into the South African Railways (SAR).〔 The CGR’s Enlarged Karoo, built by Vulcan Foundry, was one of the locomotive types that were designed and ordered before the SAR was established and that ended up being delivered to the newly established national railways of the Union of South Africa, becoming the SAR and numbered in the range from 780 to 783.〔〔Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 7, 12, 15, 35 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)〕 The Class 5 was a larger and heavier version of the Class 5B, with a higher pitched boiler, Belpaire firebox, larger diameter pilot and coupled wheels and larger cylinders.〔 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 5 4-6-2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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