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The South African Railways Class 6E 4-6-0 of 1898 is a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Orange Free State. In 1898 the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen ordered its final six new Cape 6th Class locomotives. When British forces invaded the Orange Free State during the Second Freedom War, these locomotives were taken over by the Imperial Military Railways and after the war they were renumbered into the Central South African Railways roster. In 1912, when they were assimilated into the South African Railways, they were renumbered and reclassified to .〔Classification of S.A.R. Engines with Renumbering Lists, issued by the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Office, Pretoria, January 1912, pp. 8, 12, 14, 32 (Reprinted in April 1987 by SATS Museum, R.3125-6/9/11-1000)〕 ==Manufacturer== The 6th Class passenger steam locomotive was designed at the Salt River works of the Cape Government Railways (CGR) at the same time as the 7th Class, both according to the specifications of Michael Stephens, then the Chief Locomotive Superintendent of the CGR, and under the supervision of H.M. Beatty, then the Locomotive Superintendent of the Cape Western System. Whereas the 7th Class was conceived primarily as a goods locomotive, the 6th Class was intended to be its fast passenger service counterpart.〔 The first ten 6th Class locomotives of the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen (OVGS) were purchased second-hand from the CGR. These were followed by orders for twenty-four new 6th Class locomotives directly from the manufacturers that were delivered between 1895 and 1898.〔 A final order for six more lovomotives was placed with Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1898. Three of these had been delivered and numbered in the range from 96 to 98 on the OVGS roster, when British forces invaded the Orange Free State during the Second Boer War and the OVGS was taken over by the Imperial Military Railways (IMR). When the other three locomotives arrived, they were therefore numbered in the range from 370 to 372 on the IMR roster.〔 These six locomotives were delivered with larger cabs than their predecessors and with Type XE bogie-wheeled tenders. The first three locomotives retained their OVGS numbers until the war ended in 1902, when they were renumbered into the Central South African Railways (CSAR) roster. The other three locomotives retained their IMR running numbers on the CSAR and all six were reclassified to CSAR .〔〔 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 6E 4-6-0」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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